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Period: to
Leonard Calvert Governor
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First Settlement
English arrived in significant numbers and created a permanent colony. Owned by Lord Baltimore, named Maryland after Queen Mary. The first settlement was made by a company of about twenty gentlemen and three hundred artisans and laborers. -
First General Assembly
Law-making assembly of freemen met at St. Mary's City. -
Ingle's Rebellion
Richard Ingle leads rebellion against proprietary government. In this time, Maryland was full of both Catholic Royalists and Puritan Roundheads; the government was catholic, and not all of the citizens were very happy about this. -
No women allowed to vote
Margaret Brent denied right to vote in General Assembly. First women in the new world to request this right. -
The Toleration Act
Passage of the Maryland Toleration Act, the first of its kind in our history. Provided that "no person or persons whatsoever within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be any ways troubled, molested, or discountenanced for, or in respect to, his or her religion." -
General Assembly divided into an upper and lower house
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Parliamentary commissioners displace proprietary regime.
Parliamentary commissioners displace proprietary regime. -
Lord Baltimore reestablishes proprietary authority.
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Slavery sanctioned by law; slaves to serve for life.
