1. By: Nicole Pangiochi, Kijuana Freeman, and Feona Burton
Chesapeake, Maryland
By: Nicole Pangiochi, Kijuana Freeman, and Feona Burton

2. Key Terms and People Act of Religious Toleration Backcountry farmers
House of Burgesses
House of assembly
George Calvert- Lord Baltimore
Cecil Calvert- 2nd Lord Baltimore
Leonard Calvert
Nathaniel Bacon
William Berkeley
William Claiborne

3. History George Calvert Cecilius Calvert Virginia A haven for Catholics
King Charles I
June 10, 1632
Queen Mary

4. Government Sir George Calvert appointed his son Leonard
Calvert governor of the province.
In 1639 the house of assembly constitute was
established.
In 1645 Claiborne overthrew the government.
In 1649 the act of toleration was established by
William Stone.

5. Population/Important People
The population of Chesapeake, Maryland ranged from 583 to 141,073 people in the years
Nation Backgrounds- ireland, germany, czechoslovakia
Men, Women, and Birth Rates
Important people-
Cecil Calvert
Lord baltimore
Leonard Calvert
William Claiborne

6. Culture How they lived: Farmers, women, children beliefs
The unhealthy chesapeake: Diseases, life expectancy
Types of work/ crops produced

7. Religion Catholics and Protestants Act of Religious Toleration
April 24, 1649
Death penalty
Appealed in 1654
Order was restored in 1658

8. Economy Tobacco was Maryland main crop
1664 the assembly enacted laws officially allowing slavery
Tobacco cultivation brought economic prosperity to the Chesapeake colonies

9. Rise of Slavery Indentured servitude becomes obsolete
Importing indentured servants was more expensive
Slaves did not work to pay off debt
importing slaves aided in the transition from indentured servitude to slavery
Importation of slaves increased
The conversion to christianity did not qualify slaves for freedom

10. Bacon’s Rebellion Governor William Berkeley Nathaniel Bacon
Occaneechi and Susquehannock tribe
House of Burgesses
“Declaration of the people of Virginia”
September 26, 1676
October 26, 1676

11. Summary Events By 1650 disease, war, and migration killed many
Natives.
Native American land claims in Maryland
Slavery increased
Religion was allowed to be expressed