George And Cecil Calvert Essay, Research Paper

George Calvert was a very devout Roman Catholic. He was named Lord of Baltimore.

After given this name, he then wnet on to fight religious persecution for Roman

Catholics. During this time, he tried to found many religious refuges for

Catholics. He had many land charters, but all of them were turned down by the

monarchy. George Calvert ended up dying before he could even found this

religious refuge. But, his son Cecil was able to help his father. Cecil and his

brothers went on an expedition in New England and finally founded a religious

refuge. This refuge was named for Queen Mary (Maryland). Although the Catholics

had their refuge, they were still being plagued by the Indians. This was thought

to be William Claybourne’s doing. This little was between the Calverts and

Claybourne ended up to the Calvert’s advantage. The Calvert’s made a treaty and

in it they defined all of their land claims.