USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, applied to Charles I for a royal charter for what was to become the Province of Maryland . After Calvert died in April 1632, the charter for “Maryland Colony” was granted to his son, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, on June 20, 1632.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who Was Lord Baltimore? Lord Baltimore is credited as the founder of Maryland through the procurement of the colony charter from King Charles I of England on June 20, 1632.

Detailed explanation-3: -Having been, in effect, secretary of state to King James I, George Calvert was given the title Baron of Baltimore in 1625, after petitioning the king for a grant of land north of the Potomac River. The Charter of Maryland was granted in June 1632, shortly after his death in April of the same year.

Detailed explanation-4: -(a) Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, founded Maryland as a place for Catholics to worship freely.

Detailed explanation-5: -George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, also called (1617–25) Sir George Calvert, (born 1578/79, Kipling, Yorkshire, Eng.-died April 15, 1632), English statesman who projected the founding of the North American province of Maryland, in an effort to find a sanctuary for practicing Roman Catholics.