Maryland colonial government

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

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Maryland charter of 1632 governanceFrameworkFor Maryland colonial government
Protestant Associators’ rebellion in Maryland hasParticipant Catholic proprietary government of Maryland
linked to: Maryland colonial government
Maryland Council partOf colonial government of Maryland
linked to: Maryland colonial government