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And Maryland after Queen Mary?
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Hardly. She died in 1538 ...
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Maryland was chartered to catholics-- it was a place for them -(the idea being they should get the hell out of england) and is named for Mary, Jesus's mother...
and georgia had two main fuctions, one it was a prison colony, two it was the royal naval stores.. the white pines of geogia were used for mast, and the stumps were used to make turpintine, pine oil and pitch (from pitch pines) maybe other stuff too.. Anna, do you know? I don't think georgia is especially proud of being a penal colony, but the natural resources history might be better known by some one.
i remember the pitch, since i couldn't for the life of me (as child) think why anyone would want it!
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It looks like you're going to be a busy lady, helen. My World Book agrees with the official Maryland State archive that Faldage linked to:
"Maryland was named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I of England. In 1632, Charles granted the Maryland region to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. Calvert, a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and welcomed settlers of all faiths to Maryland."
That makes two sources claiming that the state was named for Henrietta Maria, not the carpenter's wife. You had best inform the State Government, and the publishers of WorldBook, of their error, before they mislead too many others.
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Well trust the catholic nuns to put their slant on it...
That lord baltimore named it Maryland, and Henriettaland, might be because he had a dual purpose..
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Anna, do you know? I don't think georgia is especially proud of being a penal colony, but the natural resources history might be better known by some one.
I remember learning something about the natural resources thang in the 8th grade. Meanwhile, Oglethorpe managed to turn Georgia into a little bit of Oz (although *they over and down there talk funny).
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