723+Maryland+Colony,+Mid-Atlantic

=__ MARYLAND __= Max Obara - 723 // Sandro Chaladze - 723 // Zeeshan Khan 723 Eric Tokoldoshova - 723 ==// One of the original 13 colonies, Maryland lies at the center of the Eastern Seaboard, amid the great commercial and population complex that stretches from Maine to Virginia. Its small size belies the great diversity of its landscapes and ways of life that they foster, from the low-lying and water-oriented Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay area, through the metropolitan Baltimore, its largest city, to the forested Appalachian foothills and mountains of its western reaches. Annapolis, the state capital, is also home to the United States Naval Academy. Maryland is the leading producer of blue crabs and is renowned for its crab cakes. //==

** //__ QUESTION #1 __// **
The religion in the Maryland was one of the few regions among the English colonies in North America that that was Catholic. This religion was important to the colony because t o avoid conflict between majority Protestants and minority Catholics in the colony, Cecilius Calvert(founder of Maryland) instituted a progressive religious policy called The Maryland Toleration Act that allowed all Christians, regardless of sect, to freely worship in Maryland.

__//** QUESTION #2 **//__ Colonial education - In the colonial period, Maryland attempted to establish free school. The General Assembly, in 1695, assessed a tax on the export of furs to raise funds for these schools. In 1696, certain gentlemen, were appointed as a board of trustees and visitors to establish first a free school in Annapolis, then one on the Eastern Shore, and ultimately a free school in each of the existing twelve counties, as funds allowed Yet only one school was founded - King William's School (later St. John's College) in Annapolis. Education became increasingly important. Education was primarily for children in grades one through six. All children attended a dame school when they were young. Children were expected to know how to read and write, and boys were taught Latin in grammar school. Puritan families realized that education could help the family become economically stable, and often sent their sons to higher educational institution. The boys would continue to go to school and even college. Boys would have complete 12th grade if their family approved, although many boys went to work on the family farm after sixth grade. Girls were taught trades by their mothers. They learned how to take care of a household and do simple tasks around the home. You’ll find them going about daily activities appropriate for the season, their age, and their sex. Tasks were gender specific. Boys might clean barns, stack fencing, make cider, or build a house to scale. The girls sew, cook, dye cloth, garden, study herbs, or make soap and candles.



__//** QUESTION #3 **//__ To the colonists of Maryland, slavery was very important. Slavery allowed Maryland to do business. Even though slavery was morally wrong and everyone deserved to be free it benefited the colonists. For example, because of slavery Maryland became one of the centers of the tobacco industry. Just selling the slaves made a business that was very successful. Slaves were forced to grow rice and crops for their owners who did not pay them. This made Maryland very successful. Slave owners wanted the slaves to do all the work that they didn't want to do. The owners thought this was good because they did not even have to pay their slaves to get work done.



__**Primary Source Artifacts**__

Above is an example of the chains that were worn by slaves.

Above is the //Maryland Gazette// that is dated Thursday, May 22, 1755.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maryland = primary source

@http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/maryland.htm