SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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escape a kingdom that did not allow them to worship freely.
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protest England’s separation from the Roman Catholic Church.
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provide assistance to Catholic countries such as France and Spain.
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found a proprietary colony in a southern region of the New World.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did many English Catholics come to America in the 1600s? Many English Catholics came to America to escape religious persecution. Who proposed the Toleration Act of 1649, and why? Lord Baltimore; he wanted to make it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the 1660s and 1670s a series of penal laws were enacted which persecuted both Catholics and members of the various nonconformist groups. Enforcement of these laws unleashed a period of violent religious disturbance and hatred across England, Scotland and Wales.
Detailed explanation-3: -The territory was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. Before settlement began, George Calvert died and was succeeded by his son Cecilius, who sought to establish Maryland as a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was one result of the treatment that Catholics in England often faced during the 1600s? Some Catholics left England to settle in North America.