Province of Maryland

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British colony former colony historical region

The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colonial territory in North America, established in the early 17th century along the Chesapeake Bay and serving as a significant center of tobacco cultivation and religious toleration.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Province of Maryland canonical	44
Maryland, Thirteen Colonies	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia Delaware Colony ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ surface form: Province of New York (at some periods via claimed boundaries) Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
capital	Annapolis ⓘ St. Mary's City, Maryland ⓘ surface form: St. Mary’s City
charterGrantedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles I of England
charterIssued	June 20, 1632 ⓘ
charterIssuedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ
charterType	proprietary charter ⓘ
colonialStatusChanged	became royal colony after 1689 for a period ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency	pound sterling ⓘ
declaredIndependenceAs	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
deFactoEnd	1776 ⓘ
economyBasedOn	plantation agriculture ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ
established	1632 ⓘ
firstSettlement	St. Mary's City, Maryland ⓘ surface form: St. Mary’s City
firstSettlementFounded	1634 ⓘ
founder	Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
governmentType	proprietary colony ⓘ royal colony ⓘ
indigenousPeoples	Nanticoke ⓘ Piscataway ⓘ Susquehannock ⓘ
involvedInConflict	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: English Civil War (colonial repercussions) Glorious Revolution ⓘ surface form: Glorious Revolution (Protestant Associators’ Rebellion)
joinedRebellion	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
judicialBody	provincial court system ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterMonarch	Charles II of England ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III of Great Britain James II of England ⓘ Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Queen Anne William III of England ⓘ
legalDocument	Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ
legislature	Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ North America ⓘ
mainPort	Annapolis ⓘ Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ surface form: Baltimore (emerging in the 18th century)
majorReligion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
MarylandTolerationActDescription	law mandating religious toleration for Trinitarian Christians ⓘ
MarylandTolerationActPassed	1649 ⓘ
monarchDuringFounding	Charles I of England ⓘ
namedAfter	Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ surface form: Queen Mary, wife of King Charles I of England
notableLaw	acts regulating tobacco inspection and export ⓘ
partOf	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
primaryExport	tobacco to England and Europe ⓘ
proprietor	Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore ⓘ Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore ⓘ
religionPolicy	policy of relative religious toleration for Christians ⓘ
religiousConflict	tensions between Catholic proprietors and Protestant settlers ⓘ
restorationOfProprietaryRule	early 18th century ⓘ
revolutionaryBody	Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ surface form: Maryland Convention
successorState	Maryland ⓘ
usedLaborSystem	African chattel slavery ⓘ indentured servitude ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Colony of Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore → governedTerritory → Province of Maryland ⓘ

subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore → rarelyVisited → Province of Maryland ⓘ

subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → residence → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → territoryGoverned → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Anne Arundell → associatedWith → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Isaac Shelby → placeOfBirth → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Joshua Barney → placeOfBirth → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Maryland Governor's Council → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Lower Counties on the Delaware → borderWith → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Maryland and New Jersey Continental brigades → raisedFrom → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Mary Carroll → placeOfOrigin → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Elizabeth Brooke → residence → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Charles Carroll of Annapolis → partOf → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Lady Grace Talbot → placeOfCommemoration → Province of Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland, Thirteen Colonies

Talbot family → regionOfActivity → Province of Maryland ⓘ

James Wilkinson → placeOfBirth → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Maryland charter of 1632 → established → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Maryland charter of 1632 → relatedTo → Province of Maryland ⓘ

St. Mary's City, Maryland → wasCapitalOf → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Fairfax Grant → relatedTo → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Nanticoke people → treatyOrAgreementWith → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Pennsylvania frontier → borderWith → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Francis Nicholson → placeOfActivity → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Eleanor Calvert → countryOfCitizenship → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Eleanor Calvert → birthPlace → Province of Maryland ⓘ

William Stone → residence → Province of Maryland ⓘ

subject surface form: William Stone (Maryland governor)

Jane Contee → countryOfCitizenship → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Otho Holland Williams → birthPlace → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Rev. Leonard Neale → countryOfBirth → Province of Maryland ⓘ

subject surface form: Leonard Neale

Calvert family → associatedPlace → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Calvert family → governedTerritory → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Ark → arrivalRegion → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Maryland Toleration Act → jurisdiction → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Lloyd family of Maryland → locatedIn → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore → colonyGoverned → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Susquehannock → tradePartner → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Lord Proprietor of Maryland → country → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Lord Proprietor of Maryland → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Baron Baltimore → associatedWith → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Baron Baltimore → governed → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore → associatedWithPlace → Province of Maryland ⓘ

King William’s School → locatedIn → Province of Maryland ⓘ

Protestant Associators’ rebellion in Maryland → hasLocation → Province of Maryland ⓘ