Maryland proprietors

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The Maryland proprietors were the colonial-era owners and administrators of the Province of Maryland, holding extensive political and economic authority under an English royal charter.

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Surface form Occurrences
Catholic proprietors of Maryland 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landowning elite
proprietary colonial leadership
appliesToJurisdiction Chesapeake Bay colony NERFINISHED
Province of Maryland NERFINISHED
conflict boundary disputes with Pennsylvania
conflict with the Penn family
country Province of Maryland NERFINISHED
dissolvedBy American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
independence of the United States
economicActivity collecting customs and fees
granting land patents
receiving feudal dues
endTime 1776
grantedBy Charles I of England NERFINISHED
hasAuthorityOver appointment of colonial governors
collection of quitrents
colonial legislature of Maryland
establishment of manors
judicial appointments
land distribution in Maryland
militia organization
trade regulation within the province
hasLegalBasis charter of Maryland
royal charter of 1632
hasMember Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED
hasPart Barons Baltimore NERFINISHED
Calvert family NERFINISHED
hasTitle Lord Proprietor of Maryland NERFINISHED
inception 1632
languageOfRecord English
locatedInTimePeriod colonial era of British America
lostDirectControl 1691
overthrownByEvent Glorious Revolution in Maryland NERFINISHED
partOf British Empire in North America NERFINISHED
politicalStatus hereditary proprietors
quasi-feudal lords
relatedTo Mason–Dixon Line NERFINISHED
religiousPolicy initial promotion of religious toleration for Christians
support for the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
restoredToPower 1715
successor State of Maryland government NERFINISHED
territoryIncludes Chesapeake Bay region NERFINISHED
parts of present-day Delaware
parts of present-day Pennsylvania
present-day Maryland

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Maryland Toleration Act associatedWith Maryland proprietors
this entity surface form: Catholic proprietors of Maryland
Charles Mason employer Maryland proprietors