A history of the United States . 0 ; opposed the younger Vane, but was governor againfrom 1637 to 1640, and a third time from 1646 to his death. His journalHistory, and his letters are among the most valuable historical documentsof New England. CHAPTER III. SPREAD OF PLANTATIONS, 1630-1689. THE SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH OF MARYLAND. 39. The First Lord Baltimore. — Among the most importantcounsellors of James 1. was his Secretary of State, GeorgeCalvert, the first Lord Baltimore,^ who had been connectedwith both the Londonand Plymouth Com-panies. His interestin colonial matters wassuch that he obta
A history of the United States . 0 ; opposed the younger Vane, but was governor againfrom 1637 to 1640, and a third time from 1646 to his death. His journalHistory, and his letters are among the most valuable historical documentsof New England. CHAPTER III. SPREAD OF PLANTATIONS, 1630-1689. THE SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH OF MARYLAND. 39. The First Lord Baltimore. — Among the most importantcounsellors of James 1. was his Secretary of State, GeorgeCalvert, the first Lord Baltimore,^ who had been connectedwith both the Londonand Plymouth Com-panies. His interestin colonial matters wassuch that he obtaineda patent for a colonyin Newfoundland; butthe enterprise failedin spite of his personalefforts (1621). Laterhe tried to get a foot-ing in Virginia withsome of his fellow-religionists (for hewas a stanch RomanCatholic); but the Prot-estant settlers wouldnot have them (1G29). Then he secured a charter from KingCharles I. for a tract which, although north of the PotomacRiver, was within the original bounds of Virginia. The new. First Lord Baltimore. 1 Born, 1582; died, Ciraduated at Oxford, 1597; beoame a RomanCatholic in 1624; obtained a patent (1632) from Charles I. for what is nowDelaware and Maryland. 37 38 SPREAD OF PLANTATIONS, 1630-1689. [§40 province was named Maryland, after Queen Henrietta Maria. Lord Baltimore died before he could utilize his grant; but his son, Cecilius Calvert,inherited it and be-came almost a feudalsovereign in the newregion. He coulddeclare war, appointall officers, and con-fer titles. The free-men of the colonywere to assist him inmaking laws whichrequired no supervi-sion in England; andthe colonists weregranted an unprece-dented amount ofreligious liberty. 40. The Growth of Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore. Maryland. in No- vember, 1633, Leon-ard Calvert, brother of Cecilius, crossed the ocean with twohundred colonists, and the next year the town of St. Maryswas founded. Trouble soon arose with a prominent Virginian,William Cla
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