What was daily life like in colonial Maryland?

Answer 1

Lord Baltimore was motivated both by the desire for profit and the desire to create a refuge for Roman Catholics who were still being persecuted in Protestant England.

Significant Events:

• Maryland was a proprietorship which means that the proprietor had executive authority.
• Tobacco was very profitable for the colony.
• Religious freedom for different sects of Christianity was widespread, especially after the passage of the Act of Toleration in 1649 which allowed for toleration to all Christians. Maryland eventually became known as a 'haven for Catholics'.

Answer 2

That would certainly depend on wealth, social stature, race, creed and religion as well as a specific time frame of time and an exact geographical location. Property was a part of Maryland society: We are the Doe's of Severn might be different from We are the Doe's of Choptank.

• Quaker, Puritan, Anglican, Wealthy. English, and 99.99 percent pure white may indcate or might be associated with the Severn.
• Suspect an American Indian, African American, probable Catholic, mulatto or octaroon slave holder with 40 acres and three acres cleared to hold that title.

Each river roadway was distinct and there were many..

Answer 3

We Can Only Assume:

• For different classes there were certainly different sets of rules,
• For different seasons there were different rules.
• For different occupations there were different rules.
• For different threat conditions there were different rules;

For Example:

• The wealthy and or powerful could sleep till noon knowing that the shutters. blinds, windows and fireplace had been properly cared for, their livestock had been tended, there was fresh milk in the larder and that the Lenni Lanape had not attacked during the night. Seasons didn't matter because there were trimmed wicks on the lamps and an abundance of candles.
• The house servant tended the lamps, lit and extinguished the candles and fieplace, tended the blinds, shutters and windows and slept on the floor.
• Others milked the cow, stood guard duty, and eventually slept in a vacant barn stall.
• Call it sunrise to sunset. No electric clocks, no forced air furnace, no microwave to ZAP a quick TV dinner or a quick bag of Orville's popcorn.

Answer 4

Most housing was frame or brick. Many colonial buildings still stand in the original 13 colonies and eastern states.

Answer 5

men worked women sewed and children often went to school and played