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The Full History of How Maryland Was Founded
Maryland was established in the early 1600s to offer religious freedom to persecuted Catholics and to help England expand its American colonies. From its founding by the Calvert family to the passing of the Maryland Toleration Act, this colony played a key role in shaping ideas of religious tolerance and political growth in what would become the United States.