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What does the name Baltimore mean?
"Town of the big house."
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How many kids did he have?
13
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Why did he take interest in the British colonization of the Americas?
For financial profits and to create a refuge for Catholics.
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Why did George Calvert lose most of his political power?
Because he failed to support a marriage alliance.
200
The first Baron Baltimore title was given to who?
George Calvert
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How many times did he marry?
2
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Before Maryland, what island did he sponsor?
Newfoundland.
200
When did he publicly announce his Catholicism?
1625 or after he resigned from all political offices.
300
Years (born-died) and where.
1579 - 1632 in United Kingdom
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His works helped found which North American province?
Maryland.
300
After how many weeks following his death was the Charter for Maryland sealed?
5
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What happened after he resigned?
He was given the title, Baron Baltimore.
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Where and what did he study?
Trinity College at Oxford and law.
400
Before converting to Catholicism what was his religion?
Protestant
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What happened to Maryland after he died?
His son, Cecil, inherited it and the title, making him Lord Baltimore II.
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Why did he look for a more suitable spot to create a refuge?
Because of bad weather.
500
How was he rewarded in return for his services to the king, James I?
He was knighted.
500
Why did he seek new land away from England to practice Catholicism freely?
Because during that time England was a Protestant country and they were persecuting Roman Catholics.
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What did the Act of Toleration do to those who denied the divinity of Jesus?
Death penalty.
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In 1649, in response to the persecution of Catholics, what act was passed by the local representative assembly of Maryland?
The Act of Toleration.
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