SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -England’s King George II granted a charter establishing the colony of Georgia in 1732, making it the last of the original 13 states to be established.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The first inhabitants of Maryland were Paleo-Indians who came more than 10, 000 years ago from other parts of North America to hunt mammoth, great bison and caribou. By 1, 000 B.C., Maryland had more than 8, 000 Native Americans in about 40 different tribes.