1. Francesca Nguyen 7th Period U.S. History Colony of Maryland

2. Maryland Colony 1633
Lord Baltimore
Map of Maryland

3. Geography of Maryland
Maryland's geography includes mountains, plains, plateaus and rivers. The geography of Maryland was important to the way the people lived their life. Without the good low fertile farm land, everyone in the colony would go hungry.

4. Winters are mild, not freezing!
Geography of Maryland
Summers are warm and mild making it possible to grow crops year round, good for plantations.  
Winters are mild, not freezing!

5. Major cash crops in Maryland

6. Where did Maryland ship goods to? …to other colonies and England

7. Education in Maryland Colony was only available for wealthy plantation owners’ children by way of tutors

8. Major city in Maryland was Baltimore, named after its founder.

9. People in Maryland traveled on foot, boat, and horse drawn carriages.

10. Life in Colonial Maryland

11. Life in Colonial Maryland

12. Life in Colonial Maryland

13. What I learned about Maryland
Maryland was originally founded for Catholics to worship
Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore who was unpopular in England because of his religion
People of different religious backgrounds came to Maryland to worship not just Catholics
I also learned that today, Maryland has some of best crab cakes in United States!

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