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A Short History of the United States

CHAPTER 5
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They did not like the Puritans any better than they liked the Roman Catholics.

They made harsh laws against them and drove them out of Virginia into Maryland.
[Sidenote: Maryland given to Baltimore, 1632.] [Sidenote: Settlement of Maryland.

_Higginson_, 121-123; _Eggleston_, 50-53; _Source-book_, 48-51.] 39.

Settlement of Maryland .-- Maryland included the most valuable portion of Virginia north of the Potomac.

Beside being the owner of all this land, Lord Baltimore was also the ruler of the colony.


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