1. By: Nataleigh Tupi and Sam Taylor
Maryland
By: Nataleigh Tupi and Sam Taylor

2. Was your colony successful or a failure?
Maryland was successful.

3. When was your colony established?
MaryLand was established in 1633.

4. Why was your colony established?
Maryland was established as a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England.

5. Who established your colony?
The founder of MaryLand was Cecil Calvert.

6. What did your colony produce to export and make money?
Maryland’s cash crop was tobacco. They made a lot of money from it.

7. Who made up the colonists?
The colonists were a mix of European nationalities, but many were English.

8. What form of government did the colonists establish in your colony themselves?
The colonists established the first proprietary government in Maryland.

9. What region did the colony become associated with?
Maryland was associated with the southern colonies.

10. This is a map of Maryland

11. The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert and Crossland families.

12. Cecil Calvert: Founder of Maryland 2nd Baron Baltimore
The first Proprietor

13. What is the geography and climate of the colony?
Sub tropical climate
Hot or humid summers
Cold or cool winters
100 inches of snow on the mountains.
Mountains
Hills
Flat low area

14. What were the overall religious practices of people?
The overall religious practice of the Marylanders was either Catholicism or Anglicism.

15. Examples of Foods from Maryland:
Wheat
Rice
Barley
Oats
Rye
Corn
Pumpkins
Squash

16. What kind of education was available in your colony?
Graduate Schools
University Of Maryland

17. What did colonists do for fun?
Dancing
Storytelling
Games

18. Interesting Facts About Maryland:
Maryland is famous for great seafood, especially crab.
Maryland’s Mount Clare Station, built in Baltimore in 1830, was the first railroad station in the United States.
The mother Seton House in Baltimore and the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Emmitsburg both celebrate the first American to be sainted, a Baltimore resident.