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While there are many misconceptions about this time period in American history, some of the most egregious surround the institution of slavery in the mainland colonies of British North America. It is common to read back into colonial times an understanding of slavery that is based on conditions that existed just prior to the Civil War. It is also important to understand slavery as an historical institution that changed over time and differed from place to place. To that end, one of the most common misconceptions is that slavery was a uniquely or distinctively Southern institution prior to the American Revolution.

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Maryland categorizes crimes into felonies and misdemeanors. Felonies are punishable by at least one year in prison. In most states, misdemeanors are punishable by up to one year in jail. Maryland misdemeanors carry sentences as high as ten years imprisonment but are less serious crimes than felonies. Maryland does not classify its misdemeanor crimes into separate classes.

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Slavery existed in all the British American colonies. Africans were brought to America to work, mainly in agriculture. In Virginia, most slaves worked in tobacco fields. Men, women, and children worked from sunup to sundown, with only Sunday to rest. It was hard, backbreaking work.

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The native Americans in Colonial Maryland were very unappreciated. The chief of the Potomac Indians welcomed the settlers saying "We will eat at the same table my followers will too go to hunt for you; and we will all have things in common." Though the Indians were acting for peace, king Charles I ordered that they be eliminated. The colonization led to the scattering of tribes and loss of Native American heritage.

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they made money be growing tobacco and solid it.

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The jobs they have are iron mining,farming fishing lumber,shipping. For farming they have crops,beef dairy.The would make on iron mining because you could make stronger weapons and they are valuable.

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The people from England to Maryland because the Catholics were discriminated in England.

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The Governor was in charge of the colony and state, and the first governor was Leonard Calvert, the son of George Calvert.

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The two major cities were Baltimore and Annapolis. is the capital of Maryland, and the only two major cities were Baltimore and Annapolis.

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Before Maryland developed a system of public education in the nineteenth century, formal education was limited to the wealthy. They educated their children abroad or in local academies and considered education the duty of parents, not government.

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This is what the average family looked like:

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Maryland State Flag. The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert and Crossland families. Maryland was founded as an English colony in 1634 by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. The black and Gold designs belong to the Calvert family.

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Many rivers are tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, but the three largest are the Potomac, the Patapsco, and the Patuxent. (Potomac river shown here)

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Maryland has a set of Mountains called the Appalachian Mountain Range and the Piedmont Plateau which separates the mountains from the coast

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The territory was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. Before settlement began, George Calvert died and was succeeded by his son Cecilius, who sought to establish Maryland as a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England.

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The colony of Maryland got started by Lord Baltimore, known as George Calvert. He created this place for Catholics, because at the time Catholics were discriminated.