2007-05-15 17:56:27 · 4 answers · asked by lil' kid 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
George Calvert, 1st Lord of Baltimore applied for the colonial charter as a place for dissatisfied Catholics to call home. It ended up being granted to his son, whose name escapes me.
It was named after Charles I's Queen Consort, Henrietta Maria.
2007-05-15 18:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1629, George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore in the Irish House of Lords, fresh from his failure further north with Newfoundland's Avalon colony, applied to Charles I for a new royal charter for what was to become the Province of Maryland. Calvert's interest in creating a colony derived from his Catholicism and his desire for the creation of a haven for Catholics in the new world. George Calvert died in April 1632, but a charter for "Maryland Colony" (in Latin, "Terra Maria") was granted to his son, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, on June 20, 1632. The new colony was named in honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I.[6
2007-05-16 01:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by dem_dogs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google it. i recommend starting by spelling it right.
2007-05-16 02:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by efblau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well. . . . Hopi indians!
*above probably
2007-05-16 01:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋