USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -(a) Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, founded Maryland as a place for Catholics to worship freely.

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: -King Charles I had approved a request from George Calvert to establish a colony called the Province of Maryland (“Terra Mariae”) in 1632. But the Calvert family did not receive the Charter of Maryland until after George Calvert died. Now it was up to Cecil Calvert to establish and govern the new colony.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The colony of Maryland was founded so that the English Catholics could have a place to live where they could escape the intoleration of the English monarchy. Although it was originally founded to be a haven for Catholics, the Protestants who also found a home in Maryland were also allowed to worship as they chose.