Chesapeake Maryland (1632) Krishna Sharma Helen Loda Melina Guzman

Key Terms Cecilius Calvert Proprietary government Tobacco Indentured servants Mulatto Anglicans Nathaniel Bacon Act of Religious Tolerance

History/Founding George and Cecilius Calvert (Lord Proprietor of Maryland) Safe haven for Catholic and Protestant families Leonard Calvert “Instructions to the Colonists by Lord Baltimore”

Government 1st proprietary colony Proprietary = grant titles, raise an army, incorporate towns, coin money, etc. Wanted consent of the people Two houses : freemen and governor and his council John Coode and Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore

Economy Tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruits, and livestock Indentured servants 1660’s - 1700’s - economical depression

Population/Demographic 1640 1660 1680 1700 1720 1740 8,400 17,900 29,600 66,100 162,300 245,500 English: 57% African descent: 40% Mulatto: 3% 1750 Talk about women, indentured servants, africans as slaves mulatto person of mixed African (black) and Spanish ancestry.

Slaves Culture/Social 5% Poor farmers 55% 40% Women : Children: Scarce Housework Model for daughters Children: Taught to read Schooling (boys) Apprenticeships at 7 years old Tobacco Usually large families 5% Gentry Large Landowners Poor farmers (backcountry farmer) 55% Indentured Servants 40% Slaves

Anglicans Puritans Catholics Quakers Religion By law, Church of England = state church Anglican safe-haven for England’s Roman Catholic minority The Act of Religious Tolerance was passed in 1649 Due to the Protestant majority, the Religious Tolerance Act was repealed in 1654 Protestant Revolution of 1689 Outlawed Catholicism Catholics had secret masses Didn’t become religiously tolerant again until the declaration was signed Anglicans Puritans Catholics Quakers Anglicans, Puritans, Catholics, and Quakers was common in the early years, and Puritan rebels briefly seized control of the province. Anglicanism is often called the "via media" or "middle way" between Catholicism and Protestantism. By popular demand, Maryland became a religious tolerant colony (to attract people/solve conflict).

Native American Relations Bacon’s rebellion 1676 Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47tZLJbdag&t=379s

Review people/ summary events Calvert; religious freedom Governing- proprietary Economy-crops; depression People- English and African descendants Jobs- Poor farmers and Slaves Religious tolerance Bacon and Native Americans