Maryland

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__Lord Baltimore:__ The first proprietor of Maryland. Proprietary rule meant that as he absolutely ruled the land that he owned, he would pay an annual fee to the crown. He established Maryland from England, his home and he also carried on the legacy of religious toleration, although he himself was Catholic. His proprietorship was originally his fathers, but he died shortly after being granted it.He believed strongly in the separation of church and state. Maryland became a place of refuge for Catholics in the New World. The charter for the new colony was given by Charles I of England to Cecil Baltimore shortly after his father's death. While Cecil decided to remain in England, he sent his brother Leonard in his stead.

Why in Maryland: Lord Baltimore belongs under the topic of Maryland due to the fact that he was the first proprietor of it and pretty much established it from his home overseas.

Lord Baltimore was the proprietor of Maryland in the 1630's and a Catholic who promoted religious toleration. (Sharon Shim & Rinya Kamber)

TOLERATION ACT- The Toleration Act was a law created in the Maryland colony mandating freedom of worship for Trinitarian Christians. This law also started the first limitations of hate speech anywhere in the world. The Calverts who was the family that founded Maryland in part as a refuge for English Catholics. This family sought to create this law to protect Catholics and anyone who did not agree with the Anglicanism in England. We decided to put this term in the Maryland category because The Toleration Act was created in the colony of Maryland. This picture is a description of how the Toleration Act worked. (Jack O'Connor and Pavel Tamas)

====**Patriarchy:** Around the Chesapeake Bay, male authority was almost dissolved because of high female mortality rates until the 18th century. Because women outlived males, families were unstable, causing the male authority to lose power. By the early 18th century, patriarchy came back because of growing populations, higher life expectancy, and more equal sex ratios. Because of these factors, families became more stable, thus making families more patriarchal. This term belongs on this page because this happening takes place around the Chesapeake Bay, which affects the population and families of Virginia and Maryland.==== This is a picture of a patriarchal family in the Chesapeake. (Kirsten Lee)