Maryland colonial government

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colonial government proprietary government

The Maryland colonial government was the proprietary administration established under the Calvert family that exercised political, legal, and economic authority over the Province of Maryland during the colonial era.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catholic proprietary government of Maryland	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government ⓘ proprietary government ⓘ
appointedBy	Lord Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Annapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Mary’s City NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Plundering Time in Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestant Revolution of 1689 in Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Province of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	tobacco ⓘ
dependentOn	Atlantic trade ⓘ
dissolved	1776 ⓘ
economicPolicy	tobacco-based plantation economy ⓘ
endCause	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
executiveHead	Proprietary Governor of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingCharter	Charter of Maryland (1632) NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantedBy	King Charles I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantedReligiousFreedomTo	Protestant Trinitarian denominations ⓘ Roman Catholics NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1632 ⓘ
judicialBody	County courts of colonial Maryland ⓘ Provincial Court of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Maryland General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ
lostProprietaryControl	1689 ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Delegates of Maryland colonial assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainExport	tobacco ⓘ
notableLaw	Act Concerning Religion (1649) NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland Toleration Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
overseenBy	Board of Trade (after 1696) NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyOnSlavery	legalized chattel slavery ⓘ
predecessor	indigenous polities in the Chesapeake region ⓘ
proprietor	Calvert family NERFINISHED ⓘ Lords Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionPolicy	religious toleration for Trinitarian Christians ⓘ
restorationOfProprietaryRule	1715 ⓘ
restrictedReligiousRightsOf	non-Trinitarian groups ⓘ
sovereignState	Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	British proprietary colony ⓘ
successor	State government of Maryland ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Chesapeake Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Shore of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Shore of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperHouse	Governor’s Council of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Maryland charter of 1632 → governanceFrameworkFor → Maryland colonial government ⓘ

Protestant Associators’ rebellion in Maryland → hasParticipant → Maryland colonial government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic proprietary government of Maryland

Protestant Associators’ rebellion in Maryland → appliesToJurisdiction → Maryland colonial government ⓘ