FREE ESSAY ON GEORGE AND CECIL CALVERT

GEORGE AND CECIL CALVERT

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.