GOVERNOR CALVERT LOCATING THE VILLAGE OF ST. MARY'S
Once Baltimore's authority was taken away because there were some disputes with a Virginian high in authority. The Puritans joined him and overthrew Baltimore's rule. Later, however, his authority was restored and religious freedom reëstablished.
Baltimore settled
Baltimore, named after the founder of the colony, and afterward the most important town of Maryland, was settled in 1720.
INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA
The Jamestown colony prospers
41. How the Virginia Colonists Lived. After the first hardships the colony grew and prospered. Ships continued to bring settlers from England and other countries of Europe. In a few years the little settlement at Jamestown was surrounded on all sides by newly cleared farms.