Founding of Maryland

Retreat for English Catholics

Calvert Family

1632, Cecilius Baltimore – the second Lord Baltimore – received grant from King

Protestant Majority

Freedom of worship for all Christians

Founding of Georgia

1733

General James Oglethorpe

Philanthropic motives

Buffer between Florida and South Carolina

Oglethorpe excluded Africans (free or slave) for fear that slave labor would produce revolts.

Founded on Savannah river.