Early Colonial History in Maryland Quiz

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The Maryland colony was founded in the year 1634.

The first settlement was established in the Maryland colony in 1634.

Tobacco was the primary cash crop in early colonial Maryland.

George Calvert was the first Lord Baltimore who initiated the colonization of Maryland.

King James I was on the throne during the founding of the Maryland colony.

Margaret Brent was the first woman to marry in the Maryland colony.

Catholics initially faced persecution in the Maryland colony.

John Smith was the first European to explore the Chesapeake Bay region, where Maryland is located.

Proprietary government was the primary form of government in the early Maryland colony.

King Charles I granted the charter for the Maryland colony.

Catholics established the Maryland colony as a refuge for Catholics.

The Piscataway tribe initially inhabited the area where Maryland was established.

Leonard Calvert served as the first governor of the Maryland colony.

St. Mary's City was the name of the first European settlement in Maryland.

Political power was NOT a reason for the establishment of the Maryland colony.

England initially claimed the land that would become Maryland.

Religious tolerance was the primary motivation for Lord Baltimore to establish the Maryland colony.

England initially settled the area around Maryland.

The ship named Ark brought the first settlers to Maryland.

The Act of Toleration of 1649 allowed freedom of worship for all Christians.

Nathaniel Bacon led the rebellion known as Bacon's Rebellion in Maryland in 1676.

Leonard Calvert was the leader of the group of settlers who arrived in Maryland in 1634.

Indentured servants were the primary source of labor in the early Maryland colony.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was the first woman governor in Maryland.