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1633, Oct
 
Baltimore dispatched to Maryland two vessels with some 20 gentlemen, mostly Catholics, and about 200 laborers, chiefly Protestants. Arriving at the mouth of the Potomac (March 1634), they founded the settlement of St. Mary's.  1
 
1638
 
Lord Baltimore accepted the demands of colonists for the right to initiate legislation.  2
 
 
 
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