This was the first English settlement in the upper Chesapeake. Maryland began as a colony when King Charles I promised George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, a colony north of Virginia. Before he could visit the colony, George Calvert died.

The Maryland Colony was founded in 1632 after its charter was approved by King Charles I. Like other settlements in the New World, the Maryland Colony was established as a religious refuge. Although it was created as a haven for English Catholics, many of the original settlers were Protestants.

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Famous Facts About Maryland

• William Nuthead started the first printing business in St.
• The Maryland Gazette founded in 1727 is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
• Charles Mason and Jeremiah surveyed the Mason-Dixon Line in 1763 to determine the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

You May Be Surprised To Learn These 20 Famous People Are From Maryland

• 1) Edward Norton. Wikimedia Commons.
• 2) William H. Macy.
• 3) Montel Williams. Wikimedia Commons.
• 4) Mike Rowe. Wikimedia Commons.
• 5) Jada Pinkett Smith. Wikimedia Commons.
• 6) Kathie Lee Gifford. Wikimedia Commons.
• 7) Toni Braxton. Wikimedia Commons.
• 8) Julie Bowen.

Most of Maryland’s crop income is from greenhouse and nursery products (flowers, ornamental shrubs, young fruit trees). Corn for grain and soybeans are also important sources of revenue in the state. Other important crops include wheat, hay, barley and tobacco. The most important vegetables are sweet corn and tomatoes.

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Sixty-five percent of Maryland’s farm income is from livestock, mostly poultry, and 35 percent is from crops. Flowers, shrubs and trees are the leading money crops, followed by corn, soybeans, tobacco, tomatoes and apples. Marylanders have been making their living from the Chesapeake Bay since colonial days.