Culture
Maryland was a proprietary colony, meaning that a proprietor—and individual who was granted the land from England—ruled the colony. Everyone who lived in Maryland was from England, so they spoke English. Since their main reason of establishing the colony was for freedom to practice Catholicism, their religion was predominantly Catholic. The people of Maryland planted lots of successful crops, due to the warm weather fit for growing them in. Of course, this demanded lots of labor, so indentured servants and African slaves supplied most of the necessary labor. The first African slaves were brought into Maryland in the year 1642. They were brought to fill the lack of labor needed for growing tobacco crops.
Maryland was a proprietary colony, meaning that a proprietor—and individual who was granted the land from England—ruled the colony. Everyone who lived in Maryland was from England, so they spoke English. Since their main reason of establishing the colony was for freedom to practice Catholicism, their religion was predominantly Catholic. The people of Maryland planted lots of successful crops, due to the warm weather fit for growing them in. Of course, this demanded lots of labor, so indentured servants and African slaves supplied most of the necessary labor. The first African slaves were brought into Maryland in the year 1642. They were brought to fill the lack of labor needed for growing tobacco crops.