Maryland

 =Maryland is a state that has a variety of natural landmarks for all people to enjoy. It is divided by the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay has 1,726 square miles of land. The state has more than 9,870 square miles of land. There are 703 miles of inland water in Maryland. The mountains in Maryland rise 3,000 feet above sea level. Maryland is one of the best states to live in. = =By: TJ & Austin = =The Ark and the Dove = =There were about 40 people on the crew of the Ark. Farmers, carpenters, and brick makers were chosen for this voyage. As the Ark and the Dove started their voyage, they faced many problems. They had to deal with pirates and raiders. Since the Ark was so big it didn't have much of a problem with rough seas. After passing the Canary Islands, they arrived in Barbados on January 5th. They repaired their ship at Barbados. Finally, the Ark and the Dove arrived at St. Clements Island, Maryland on March 3rd 1634. = =By: Andrew and Tim = || ===Daily life in colonial Maryland was very different from now. Their lives were very simple. The family was the main source of entertainment for a person. Even though there were moments of enjoyment, life was based on hard work. === ===The family would stop all activities to harvest crops. If the crop was tobacco, they were required to grow a certain amount of corn as well. This was so there would be enough food. === ===Since families usually had many children and neighbors, work went by quickly. However, due to a lack of medical science, there was a high mortality rate. ===
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 * ==Geography of Colonial Maryland ==
 * ==Daily Life in Colonial Maryland ==

By Josie P. and Gabby W.
|| = = = Slavery is a big part of the history of Colonial Maryland. Americans immediately think of Blacks when talking about slavery. Slaves were only considered free if they were freed by order of law. Slaves were considered property, They were bought and sold, and had little standing in law. Slaves were only allowed to keep some of the wages they earned. Anyone could have been a slave no matter what skin color, age, sex, race or nationality. Quite likely, every child of a slave would become a worker of one sort or another. From this information slavery has taught us that it is wrong to be enslaved by others. = By:Erykah and Ashlynn ||
 * =Slavery in Colonial Maryland =
 * ==Government in Colonial Maryland ==

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 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Important People in Colonial Maryland ==

Do you know any key people of the colonial Maryland? William Claiborne - established a trading post on Kent Island in 1600. It was completed in 1677. Captain John Smith - explored the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. Captain Henry Fleet - made a trading partnership with the Indian villages in 1627. Leonard Calvert - led the sailing expedition of the Ark and the Dove to Maryland in 1633. Cecil Calvert – was named Lord Proprietor by the King. Was the son of Leonard Calvert. Charles Calvert – was appointed governor after his father, Cecil Calvert died in 1661. King Charles the First of England – named Maryland after Queen Henrietta Maria. Thomas Cornwallis – served as a captain and chief military officer. William Stone – the first Protestant Governor of Maryland. He and his wife both fought to preserve freedom of religion in Maryland. Thomas Greene – the Second Provincial Governor of Maryland.

George Calvert was the first Lord Baltimore. He established the colony of Maryland because he was Catholic and he wanted to establish a safe place for his fellow Catholics, who were being persecuted in England. He hoped that the colony would also bring him a fortune. The King of England gave George the permission to have found the colony of Maryland. George Calvert died in April of 1632, but a charter for “Maryland Colony” was granted to his son, Cecilius Calvert. Cecilius Calvert became the 2nd Lord Baltimore, 1st Proprietor and 1st Proprietary Governor of Maryland. born August 8, 1605, in Kent County, England and died November 30, 1675, in Middlesex, England. Cecil was married to Anne Arundell, daughter of Sir Thomas Arundell.

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 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Some Important Events in Colonial Maryland ==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">[|Timeline of Colonial Maryland]
=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The routes Captain John Smith explored and saw over 400 hundred years ago are now part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians, = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">was passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Annapolis Convention was a meeting at Annapolis, Maryland of 12 delegates from five states that called for a constitutional convention. The convention met from September 11 to September 14, 1786. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Baltimore town was founded on August 8, 1729. After seeing much growth in settlement along the Patapsco River local citizens lobbied the colonial legislature for the creation of a town. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Chestertown Tea Party was a protest against British excise duties which, according to local legend, took place in May 1774 in Chestertown, Maryland as a response to the British Tea Act. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Of seven members of the Maryland delegation, four signed the Declaration of Independence. These men by signing risked their lives, land, and fortunes. They were: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Samuel Chase, William Paca, and Thomas Stone. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By: Alexis F. and Taylor H. = || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By Evan C. = || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In colonial Maryland, clothing was one way to determine social status. Silk was a fabric reserved for the wealthy. Women wore stays, undergarments that where reinforced with wood, whalebone, or metal used to give proper shape and posture to the body. Beneath the gown a women wore a hooped petticoat to add width to the hip and to serve as pockets beneath the gown. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Men wore stockings tied above the knee. Hats were worn for fashion. The undermost garment of a man’s suit was a white linen shirt along with white stockings. Stockings were knit to cover the leg and foot usually made from silk, wool, cotton, or linen. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Men wore three cornered hats. A coat covered the silk cravat a form of neck wear tucked into the waistcoat above breeches that stop just below the knee. Worn above all of this is a knee length coat. Around the ages of four to seven boys were given their first pair of breeches. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By: Lauren, Madison = || By 1,000 BCE, there were approximately 8,000 Native Americans all Algonquian-speaking, living in what is now Maryland, in 40 different villages. With the eventual rise of agricultural more permanent Native-American villages were built. By about 1,000 BCE pottery was being produced. They ate whatever they could kill, grow, or catch in the rivers or other waterways. The following Piscataway tribes lived on the eastern bank of the Potomac from south to north: Yaocomicoes, Chopticans, Nanjemoys, Potopacs, Mattawomens, Piscatways, Patuxents, just south of what is now Washington D.C. On the Eastern Shore the Chesapeake from south to north, there was the Nanticoke tribes: Annemessex, Assateagues, Wicomicoes, Nanticokes, Chicacone, and on the north bank of the Choptank River, the Choptanks. The Tockwogh tribe lived near the headwaters of the Chesapeake near what is now Delaware. When Europeans began to settle in Maryland in the early 17th century, the main tribes included the Nanticoke on the Eastern Shore. Early exposure to new European diseases brought widespread fatalities to the Native Americans as they had no immunity to them. Communities were disrupted by such losses. =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By:Matt B., Michael, Matt D., and Robby = ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Catholics in Colonial Maryland﻿ ==
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Clothing in Colonial Maryland =
 * = ﻿﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">The Role of Native Americans in Maryland =
 * = ﻿﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">The Role of Native Americans in Maryland =
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Schools and Education in Colonial Maryland =

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Primary education for the children in the Upper Class included writing, reading, simple math, poetry and prayer. The most commonly used books were the Bible and a horn book. Sons of planters typically would be taught the business at home. These sons of wealthy planters often got sent to boarding school in England for a higher education. They either stayed in England for some time or they returned home and helped their father on the plantation. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A girl’s school days were somewhat different than the boys. Females learned enough reading, writing, and arithmetic to read their letters, read the Bible and record the household experience. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Children from poor families did not receive an education. Instead, the boys took apprenticeship which lasted about three to ten years and the girls worked in the home. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By. Sarah N. = || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By:Allison T. = || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The planter or great landlord stood at the lead of society. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The plantation was the center of social and industrial activity. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The sole important product of the plantation was tobacco. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gave rise to the hospitality for which the Southerner became famous. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Treated strangers with great cordiality. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Horse racing was very important. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Well-built and well-furnished mansions. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The founding of Maryland marks the beginning of a new plan in colony building in North America. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There was little or no town life. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Villages were few and insignificant. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By: Erica K. & Sierra M. = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">A Child's Life in Colonial Maryland =
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Customs in Colonial Maryland =
 * Medicine and Health in Colonial Maryland**
 * Medicine and Health in Colonial Maryland**

Being sick was a horrendous experience in colonial times. They believed the more you disliked the taste of medicine, the more likely you would be cured. In 1787, the life expectancy of men was 35 years compared to today, which is 70 years. Yearly check-ups in colonial days were non-existent. There were very few doctors in those days, and if you needed one, they came to your house. Some diseases are small pox, scurvy, rickets, toothaches, and when limbs are amputated you can get a terrible disease. Cures for these diseases are Vitamin C (rickets & scurvy), pulling teeth (toothache), wooden limbs (amputation), and leeches (smallpox). Wounds were treated with a red hot iron. Many men and women died from the shock of these treatments. Other common diseases in the colonial days were the flu and typhus. These diseases were incurable and you had to wait them out. It was possible and even likely you died from them. Other treatments included bloodletting, purges, emetics, and sweat producing drugs.

By: Lexi, Anna, and Rachel

Role of Women

<span style="font-family: Subway; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .75in; tabstops: .75in;">Women were scarce in Maryland during the Colonial period. The women who came to America were often indentured servants. They worked really hard on the plantations, washing clothes, making soap, etc. It was not uncommon for women to be working in ordinaries or taverns. They could not vote. Girls were educated at home. They were expected to learn to dance, recite poetry, make a polite conversation, play a musical instrument with grace, sing, and do fine sewing. Girls in the upper class obeyed and learned from their mothers how to train servants, how a table should be set for dinner, how to prepare bedrooms for their guests, and other things. The lady of the house was expected to act as a hostess and to guide household affairs.

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<span style="font-family: Subway; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .75in; tabstops: .75in;">The Voyage of the Ark and the Dove

The Ark and the Dove left England on November 23, 1633. They sailed up the Chesapeake Bay and then traveled to the Potomac River. The colonists landed on an island that they named for St. Clement. On March 25, 1634, they “took possession” of the land. On St. Clement’s island, they celebrated a Roman Catholic Mass of thanksgiving. They established their colony in St. Mary’s colony. The original lay out of St. Mary’s City was according to a Baroque town plan. St. Mary’s city had an economic boom in the 17th century due to successful tobacco farming. In 1934, on Maryland’s 300th birthday, a 40-foot memorial was built on St. Clement’s island. The memorial was to praise the English colonists who were brave enough to risk their lives and brought the people to the New World. Lucy T., Shannon M., Tina H.