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To escape religious persecution.

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15y ago

== == So Roman Catholics could live there and so Lord Baltimore could make a profit so Roman Catholics could live there and so they could make a profit from the people who come to Maryland They converted to Catholicism and wanted a haven persecution. They thought it would be ''Land Of Sanctuary''

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Because the white land owners could build a fortune out of growning tobacco and there was also lumber game and minerals.

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After a brief scan of the question. The Catholics wanted their own colony. So Lord Baltimore got there and claimed it.

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For Business and Religion

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because they wanted to

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What reason did people settle in Maryland?

To have religious freedom


Where did more colonists settle as more people moved to Maryland and Virginia?

They moved to Carolina.


Were did most of the people from Maryland come from?

Maryland


Where did many people settle as more people moved to Maryland and Virginia?

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What colony did Catholics settle at?

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