As a devout Catholic, the first Lord Baltimore wanted the Maryland Colony to be a location where English people may practise their religion freely.
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Roman Catholics in England faced persecution by the Church of England for their views, much like the Pilgrims and Puritans did. Lord Baltimore, a Catholic himself, became determined to found a colony in the Americas where Catholics may practise their religion freely.
In honour of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I, Cecil Calvert gave it the name Maryland. Roman Catholics who were being persecuted in England swiftly came to be known as refugees in Maryland.
Leonard Calvert, the first governor, was the brother of Cecil Calvert, whose colony eventually became the State of Maryland.
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