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This is the Maryland colony map. It shows you were Maryland's location.

Primary Source for Maryland's Religion

The ** Maryland Toleration Act **, also known as the ** Act Concerning Religion ** , was a law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, it was the second law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies and created the first legal limitations on hate speech in the world. (The colony which became Rhode Island passed a series of laws, the first in 1636, which prohibited religious persecution including against non-Trinitarians; Rhode Island was also the first government to separate church and state.) Historians argue that it helped inspire later legal protections for freedom of religion in the United States. The Calvert family, who founded Maryland partly as a refuge for English Catholics, sought enactment of the law to protect Catholic settlers and those of other religions that did not conform to the dominant Anglicanism of Britain and her colonies. Fairias Mohamed

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Primary Source for Maryland's Education

At school they were taught to read, write, and do some arithmetic. They needed to learn to read so they could read the bible, write letters to people and keep track of their. The schoolhouse consisted of one room and one teacher. It was used as a place to learn and in the winter to eat inside and in the summer they ate outside. A wooden stove heated the room and the students had to bring in logs for the fire. The children ranged in age from the ages of six to twelve. They learned their lessons by repeating them over and over which was boring. Repetition helped them remember the lessons better. Learning came by use of a horn book. Which looked like a wooden paddle with a paper attached to it with letters, numbers and maybe a verse from the Bible on the paper. It was small and easy to handle.

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Primary Source for Maryland's Educaton

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**How was religion important to the colonists?** By 1700, the Virginia colonists had made their fortunes through the cultivation of tobacco, setting a pattern that was followed in Maryland and the Carolinas. In political and religious matters, Virginia differed considerably from the New England colonies. The Church of England was the established church in Virginia, which meant taxpayers paid for the support of the church whether or not they were Anglicans. But church membership ultimately mattered little, since a lack of clergymen and few churches kept many Virginians from attending church. Religion thus was of secondary importance in the Virginia colony. Polina Rogova

how were people education?who was and who wasn't? The primary education of upper class children in colonial days included reading, writing, simple math, poems, and prayers. Paper and textbooks were scarce so boys and girls recited their lessons until they memorized them. The three most commonly used books were the Bible, a primer, and a hornbook. As children grew older their schooling prepared them for their eventual roles in plantation life. While boys studied more advanced, academic subjects, the girls learned to assume the duties of the mistress of a plantation. Education was provided for white students only and was privately taught.Only the rich people were educated. Polina Rogova

Why slavery? Can slaves make that big business for colonies to make money? In Maryland were many slaves that worked in tobacco plantations. They were selling tobacco to England for money. That's how slaves made a big business. Polina Rogova