Chesapeake Bay: Maryland Block 3 Agyeiwaa Boateng Grace Montecalvo Crystal James

Key Terms Tobacco Bacon’s Rebellion Lord Baltimore Indentured Servants Act of Toleration Nathaniel Bacon Slavery Leonard Calvert Roman catholics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy0CBFnkhk4&feature=youtu.be

History of Chesapeake Bay George Calvert/Lord Baltimore Founded by Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore Founded in 1632 Founded for religious toleration for persecuted Roman Catholics The Maryland Toleration Act

Government Proprietary System Cecil Calvert- first proprietor of Maryland Leonard Calvert- first governor “Instructions to the Colonists by Lord Baltimore” Representative assembly William Stone- first Protestant governor Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron of Baltimore

Population At its height in 1750, population expanded to 141,073 people Main ethnic groups were the Spanish,French and the English, Quakers, Germans, Powhatans, Jews, the Piscataway, Nanticokes, the Shawnee, the Accohannock, and the Susquehannock Year 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 # Of Ppl 583 4,504 8,246 13,226 17,904 24,024 24,064 42,741 66,133 91,113 116,093 141,073

Culture Women roles Indentured servants Outnumbered Household chores / Farming Children roles Had responsibilities Strenuous work was everyday life Mortality rate was high-- diseases

Economy Tobacco was the main crop Used for currency, medicinal purposes, as well as smoking It was a poor man’s crop Economic depression- 1600s-early 1700s Tobacco Plant

Religion Catholics lived in maryland for religious freedom The more practiced religion was Protestantism, with a minor group of Catholics who fled to Maryland to escape religious persecution by the Roman Catholics Catholics end up not being able to openly practice their religion in what was supposed to be their “safe haven”

Major Events/ Important People Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 Nathaniel Bacon- led rebels in Bacon’s Rebellion Lord Baltimore (George Calvert)- was given a grant by King Charles Ⅰ Cecil Calvert- founded the Maryland colony in 1634 Leonard Calvert- first governor of the colony Bacon’s Rebellion