Lord Baltimore

(noun)

An English peer who was the first Proprietor and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland, and ninth Proprietary Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland.

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  • Toleration Act
  • Protestant Revolution

Examples of Lord Baltimore in the following topics:

  • Maryland

    • The province began as a proprietary colony of the English Lord Baltimore and as a haven for English Roman Catholics in the New World.
    • Maryland's foundational charter created a state ruled by Lord Baltimore, who directly owned all of the land granted in the charter.
    • The charter created an aristocracy of lords of the manor who bought land from Baltimore and held greater legal and social privileges than the common settlers.
    • In Maryland, Baltimore sought to create a haven for English Roman Catholics and to demonstrate that Catholics and Protestants could live together harmoniously.
    • Baltimore became the second-most important port in the 18th century South, after Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Settling the Southern Colonies

    • The province began as a proprietary colony of the English Lord Baltimore, who wished to create a haven for Roman Catholics in the New World at the time of the European wars of religion.
    • The cities of Baltimore in Maryland and Richmond in Virginia served as major seaports for the colonies in their trade with Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
  • Governors and Assemblies

    • The Board of Trade (originally known as the Lords of Trade or Lords of Trade and Plantations) was a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions.
    • It was designed by Baltimore architect R.
  • The Founding of Carolina

    • The Province of Carolina was created when Charles II rewarded the Lords Proprietor lands that include the modern day Carolinas and Georgia.
    • They named their colony Carolina, and they themselves were called the Lords Proprietors.
    • The Province of Carolina was controlled from 1663 to 1729 by these lords and their heirs.
    • The most active in the colonies was Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 1st Earl of Shaftsbury.
    • The Earl of Clarendon was one of eight Lords Proprietor given title to the Province of Carolina.
  • The War in the Chesapeake

    • Secretary of War John Armstrong insisted that the British would attack Baltimore rather than Washington, even when the British Army was obviously on its way to the capital.
    • The subsequent Battle of Baltimore began with the British landing at North Point, where they were met by American militia.
    • The British also attempted to attack Baltimore by sea on September 13 but were unable to reduce Fort McHenry at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor, due to recent fortifications.
    • All the lights were extinguished in Baltimore the night of the attack, and the fort was bombarded for 25 hours.
    • Describe the burning of Washington, D.C. and the subsequent battles of Baltimore and Fort McHenry
  • Settling the Colonial South and the Chesapeake

    • The cities of Baltimore and Richmond served as major seaports for the colonies in their trade with Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
    • Similarly in Carolina a number of counties are named, most of which refer to the Lords Proprietors, including Albemarle, Clarenden, and Craven.
  • The First Emancipation

    • Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was the first mass emancipation of enslaved people in United States history.
    • In November 1775 Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia, issued a controversial proclamation, later known as Lord Dunmore's Proclamation.
    • The governor formed them into the Ethiopian Regiment, also known as Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment.
    • Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment was probably the first black regiment in the service of the Crown during the revolution.
  • The Growth of Cities

    • In the early 1800s, the ports of Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York were sites of rapid urban development.
    • Baltimore grew rapidly in the early nineteenth century, becoming the largest city in the American South.
    • Thanks to the milling technology of Oliver Evans, Baltimore dominated the American flour trade after 1800.
    • Other Baltimore businessmen also contributed to the city's development.
    • In 1827, Baltimore's merchants and bankers developed the tremendously successful Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • Colonial Cities

    • By 1750, the population of Philadelphia had reached 25,000, New York 15,000 , and the port of Baltimore 7,000.
    • View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill, by Francis Guy, 1802 - 1803
    • Baltimore grew rapidly in the 18th Century, ultimately becoming the largest city in the American South.
  • The Carolinas

    • The 1663 charter granted the Lords Proprietor title to all of the land from the southern border of the Virginia Colony to the coast of present-day Georgia.
    • Another region, near present-day Charleston, South Carolina, was settled under the Lords Proprietors in 1670.
    • The Lords Proprietors, operating under their royal charter, were able to exercise their authority with nearly the autonomy of the king himself.
    • This period culminated in Cary's Rebellion when the Lords Proprietors finally commissioned a new governor.
    • This circumstance, coupled with hostilities with American Indian tribes and the inability of the Lords Proprietors to act decisively, led to separate governments for North and South Carolina.
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