Author : J. Dennis Robinson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780756515928
This book describes the life and accomplishments of Lord Baltimore, who founded the Maryland Colony, which was first settled in 1634, and who advanced the Act of Tolerance, protecting citizens' rights to practice their religion freely.
Author : Jim Whiting
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1612280110
English nobleman George Calvert wanted to establish a colony in the New World—not one like his first colony, Newfoundland, which he found to be too cold. Instead he wanted land in the temperate Chesapeake Bay area, where his colonists could grow tobacco. King Charles I granted his wish. Named for Henrietta Mary, Charles’s wife, the new colony of Maryland was established in 1634. Also known as Lord Baltimore, Calvert was a Catholic at a time when Protestants controlled the English government. He wanted Maryland to be a place where Catholics—and anyone else—could worship in freedom. As the British crown was passed through its heirs, favoring Protestants, then Catholics, then Protestants again, Maryland felt the ripples of unrest on its side of the Atlantic. Follow the story of how Maryland came to be a colony and how it fought for its borders with Virginia and Pennsylvania. Find out how in the end, it pulled together with those and the other colonies first to repel the encroaching French, and then to shrug off the tyranny of England.
Author : John D. Krugler
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 26,31 MB
Release : 2004-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Skillfully told here, the story of the Calverts' bold experiment in advancing freedom of conscience is the story of the roots of American liberty.--Jerome de Groot "H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews"
Author : Harry Wright Newman
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Maryland
ISBN : 0806310510
The actual settlement of the Province of Maryland in 1634 was undertaken by Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's second son, and the group of 200 adventurers who accompanied him on the Ark and the Dove. In addition to a succinct history of the Calvert family and the area in which they flourished in England, this work describes the life and times of the 200 passengers, their part in the founding and settlement of the colony, and the development of the feudal manorial system. In addition to a succinct history of the Calvert family and the milieu in which they flourished in England, The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate describes the lives and times of the 200 adventurers who participated in the original expedition ot Maryland, their part in the founding and settlement of the colony, and the development of colonial Maryland's distinctive manorial system. The bulk of this volume, of course, consists of biographical and genealogical sketches of the 200 adventurers, each developed in meticulous detail from surviving documents by the famous Maryland genealogist, Harry Wright Newman. From contemporary court records, letters, and miscellaneous papers, Mr. Newman has wrought a definitive history of these early Marylanders and has accomplished, single-handedly, for the passengers of the Ark and the Dove, what has taken a legion of researchers to do for the passengers of the Mayflower
Author : Ann Jensen
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 2018-08-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780764336850
Leonard Calvert was a quiet boy who grew up in England. When he was grown, Leonard went to Newfoundland with his father, George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, and fought French privateers. When his father died, Cecil became the second Lord Baltimore, and led the first colonists to settle in Maryland. Leonard was just twenty-seven-years old when he became Maryland's first governor. He faced fierce Indians, unfriendly Virginia fur traders, and plundering pirates who wanted to chase him out of Maryland and take the colony away from the Calverts. Middle grades-ages 10-13.
Author : James Otis
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Maryland
ISBN :
Follows the life of Calvert, who together with his father settles in the newly established Catholic colony in Maryland. Although they have many adventures with Indians, conflicts with other colonists provide much of the action in the narrative.
Author : Robert J. Brugger
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 1996-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801854651
Explores the ironies, contradictions, and compromises that give "America's oldest border state"its special character. Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Maryland: A Middle Temperament explores the ironies, contradictions, and compromises that give "America's oldest border state" its special character. Extensively illustrated and accompanied by bibliography, maps, charts, and tables, Robert Brugger's vivid account of the state's political, economic, social, and cultural heritage—from the outfitting of Cecil Calvert's expedition to the opening of Baltimore's Harborplace—is rich in the issues and personalities that make up Maryland's story and explain its "middle temperament."
Author : Martin Kelly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 36,21 MB
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1605502669
The Everything American Presidents Book is an excellent source of information about each of the forty-three men who have served as chief executive of the United States. This exhaustive guide provides you with all you need to know about this country's leaders, including: Their early childhood and formative years The effect of the office on wives and children The triumphs and tragedies that shaped them The legacy of each man's term in office Written in an entertaining style by two experienced educators, this fun and informative guide is packed with facts and details about the life and times of each president and the major events that shaped his term. The Everything American Presidents Book has everything you need to know about the fascinating men who shaped U.S. history and policy.
Author : H. A. Guerber
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,76 MB
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : History
ISBN :
This work is a history book of the original Thirteen Colonies of the United States. They were originally a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America, who fought the American Revolutionary War and formed the United States of America by declaring full independence. Just prior to declaring independence, the Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: New England (New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut); Middle (New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware); Southern (Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; and Georgia).
Author : Timothy B. Riordan
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN :
According to most historians, in 1645-46, Richard Ingle and his ship Reformation terrorized the tiny settlements on the Chesapeake Bay, bringing the violence and mayhem of the English Civil War to the New World. But did he? In this thoroughly researched tale of deception, greed, and political intrigue, St. Mary’s City archaeologist Timothy Riordan unearths new evidence—from muddy “Pope’s Fort” in St, Mary’s to the Admiralty Court records in London—to show that revolution was brewing in Maryland with or without the colorful, sometimes roguish Ingle and his crew.
