Maryland
Maryland was granted as an English proprietary colony to the Calvert family in 1632, with settlement beginning in March 1634, established notably with religious freedom for Roman Catholics. The colony operated as the Province of Maryland under English and later British rule until 1776, when Maryland's representatives signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1781, Maryland became the last of the thirteen colonies to ratify the Articles of Confederation, and in 1788 it became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Pre-contact era
The source text does not provide a substantive description of pre-contact indigenous peoples of Maryland beyond noting the beginning of European exploration. No specific indigenous nations or pre-contact cultures are described in the provided source text.
Colonial history
The province was an English and later British colony. In 1689, John Coode led a rebellion that removed Lord Baltimore from power; that power was restored to the Baltimore family in 1715 after Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, declared in public that he was a Protestant. John Cabot explored the coast of North America for the Kingdom of England in 1498, representing the earliest English claim to the region.
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