1. The Chesapeake Bay Colony
By: P. Kerimbayeva, J. Chung, and S. Skros
Block 2

2. Key Terms Lord Baltimore Tobacco Bacon’s Rebellion (Nathaniel Bacon)
Calvert’s
John Carroll
The Toleration Act
Navigation Acts

3. History Maryland and Virginia.
The Calvert family played a huge role in the settlement of Maryland.
First settlers arrived in 1634.

4. Government Proprietary System under a charter
Purpose to serve as a Refuge
Bacon’s Rebellion

5. Population
Religious population
English Settlers
Native Americans

6. Culture
Role of men
Role of women
Role of children
Powhatan Indians

7. Economy
Leader in the processing and distributing of the Bay’s seafood.
Tobacco
Young indentured servants.
Slavery dependence
In 1664 slavery laws.
Navigation Acts in 1651.
Prolonged economic depression.

8. Religion
Founded by Lord Baltimore to be a refuge for English Catholics.
Act of Toleration.
Battle of Severn
Center of American-Catholicism
John Carroll

9. Conclusion: Major Events & Important People
The Calverts ( George, Cecilius, and Leonard )
John Carroll
Governor Stone
Nathaniel Bacon
Pocahontas
Brief Civil War, 1654
Bacon’s Rebellion