SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Christian
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Quaker
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Puritan
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Separatist
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maryland was created as a haven for Catholics; thus only Catholicism is permitted there. Religion should be the basis for all political law in the colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Maryland Colony’s first settlement was St. Mary’s City, which was built along the Chesapeake Bay. It was the first settlement in the New World to guarantee religious freedom for all Trinitarian Christians.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why didn’t the colony of Maryland succeed as a Catholic colony? Because too few Catholics settled there.
Detailed explanation-4: -Maryland developed into a plantation colony by the 18th century. In 1700 there were about 25, 000 people and by 1750 that had grown more than 5 times to 130, 000. By 1755, about 40% of Maryland’s population was black. Maryland planters also made extensive use of indentured servants and penal labor.