1 янв 1632 г. - Province of Maryland founded

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The second Chesapeake colony, Maryland, was established. It was proprietary, meaning that it was granted to a single individual, in this case Cecilius Calvert. Calvert had the power to control trade and initiate legislation in the colony. The charter stressed that "all privileges, franchises, and liberties" be extended to every Englishman in Maryland, Calvert desired a feudal domain in which everyone paid him dues and could not interfere in legislation. He desired Maryland to be a safe haven for Catholics like himself, but Protestants were always the dominant religion there.