Colony of Maryland

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British colony Thirteen Colonies proprietary colony

The Colony of Maryland was a 17th- and 18th-century English (later British) proprietary colony in North America, founded as a haven for English Catholics and centered around the Chesapeake Bay region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Province of Maryland 13
Colony of Maryland canonical 7
Maryland Colony 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
proprietary colony ⓘ
borderDefinedBy Mason–Dixon Line ⓘ
borderDisputeWith Colony of Pennsylvania ⓘ
capital Annapolis ⓘ
St. Mary's City, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: St. Mary’s City
charterGrantedBy Charles I of England ⓘ
charterGrantedOn 1632-06-20 ⓘ
coatOfArms Seal of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Coat of arms of Maryland
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency Maryland pound ⓘ
Pound sterling ⓘ
demonym Marylander ⓘ
economy plantation agriculture ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
firstSettlement St. Mary's City, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: St. Mary’s City
firstSettlersArrived 1634 ⓘ
flag Flag of Maryland ⓘ
foundedAs haven for English Catholics ⓘ
foundedBy Calvert family ⓘ
founder Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
governmentType proprietary colony ⓘ
royal colony ⓘ
importantCity Baltimore ⓘ
importantPort Baltimore ⓘ
legislature Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
North America ⓘ
MarylandTolerationActYear 1649 ⓘ
namedAfter Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ
neighboringColony Colony of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia

Delaware Colony ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousTolerationLaw Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ
replacedBy Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
representativeBody Continental Congress ⓘ
shipsOfFirstExpedition Ark ⓘ
The Dove ⓘ
surface form: Dove
startTime 1632 ⓘ
usedLaborSystem African chattel slavery ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Colonial America → hasPart → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Colony and Dominion of Virginia → borderedBy → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Georgetown, Washington, D.C. → originallyIn → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Anne Arundel County → partOf → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Colonial Assembly of Maryland → country → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Colonial Assembly of Maryland → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Colonial Assembly of Maryland → legislativeBodyFor → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Province of Delaware → borderedBy → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Mason–Dixon Line → surveyedFor → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Maryland Sons of Liberty → locatedIn → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
John Hanson → placeOfBirth → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
United Colonies → hasPart → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Delaware Colony → borderedBy → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Maryland
Southern Colonies → composedOf → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Maryland Governor's Council → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Charles Mason → hasWorkLocation → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Carroll → countryOfCitizenship → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Elizabeth Brooke → countryOfCitizenship → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial Maryland
Kent Island → laterIncorporatedInto → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland colony
Michael Cresap → birthPlace → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Thomas Bladen → residence → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Ark → destination → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland colony
Ark → associatedWith → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland colony
Maryland Toleration Act → country → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Toleration Act → enactedIn → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Benjamin Stoddert → countryOfBirth → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Sinepuxent, Maryland → historicalRegion → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial Maryland
Jonathan Hager → residence → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Susquehannock → conflictWith → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Colony
Lord Proprietor of Maryland → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland colony
Baron Baltimore → associatedWith → Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → governed → Colony of Maryland ⓘ