Maryland Presentation
Transcript: "Come to Maryland to see where we stand." Colonial Maryland By: Haedden Vereecke, Hunter Hobbs, Skylar Hyatt, and Hope Headley Environment Environment Marland had rich and abundent landscapes of forest and water. The variable mixed hardwood forest formed a tall canopy, which dominated the land. Maryland was home of many animals like elk, bison, passenger pigeons, and black bears. Overhunting in Maryland was resposible for the collapse of fur trading. The Dutch Elm disease, which was introdused in the early 1700s, significantly redused the Elm tree. Maryland Environment Indians are greatly beneficial to us. The Potomac Indians were the first Indians to welcome us. Wee enjoyed the warm welcoming but them coming started destroying the Native Amerian Tribes. We had to elliminate the tribes. Two other tribes of Indians, the Yaocomico and Piscataway taught us to hunt, fish, gather, and many other things that brought us close relationships with them. Indian Relations Indian Relations Indians brought some new things into the world of medicine, which is very limited to us. They brought us many new healing proccesses using, bark, leaves, and roots ot make salves. Native Americans played a big role in our fur trading. They wanted trading to grow, and they urged to learn more. More Indian Relations More Indian Relations Labor Labor Most of the Africans who came to Maryland would be slaves or servents. Even if some were freed, there were significant declines in their freedom, leaving them nothing more than slaves without maters. These Africans worked okn farms and worked with crops. Free Labor Free Labor Life for slaves drastically changed in the 1660's as a result of legislation. Slaves were made to work with farm animals like pigs, horses, cows, and sheep. They were forced to work against their will to grow crops such as tobacco, which is Marylands biggest crop, and rice. Some slaves would also work as carpenters and blacksmiths. Slave Labor Slave Labor Religion Religion Religion in Maryland is pretty Christian heavy. Protestants are the majority of the colonies religion. In 1649, calvers passed the "Maryland Toleration Act" that allowed all Christinians, no matter what denomination, to worship freely. https://youtu.be/7Sd_0vnuLQo In 1692, however, the Anglican church became the official religion of our colony, and public worship by all other dominations has been outlawed. Only MEN can vote, not women Christians can only vote as well, no Catholics! Sorry The criteria for a voter is: male, adult, free, and a resident of his country. You also have to be in our dominant religious group, and be a freeholder! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JzG0o8I5oA If you aren't aware of what that is, let me tell you. A free holder is someone who owns land or property that is worth a certain amount of money. Only freeholders should vote since they are the only people with a permenant stake in the stability of society. Voting Rights Voting Rights Children are the most common death rates from us. Our children got Malaria (through mosquitos), from mothers. As our children got older, the life expectancy would increase because of their bodies becoming more immune to diseases. It is very common to die from diseases, but getting older did get you more immune. Death Rates and Living Expectancy Death Rates and Living Expectancy http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/essay/html/96essay. http://public.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/341/sites/Death%20and%20Mourning/chesapeake.htm http://mdroots.thinkport.org/interactives/slaverytimeline/slavery.pdf http://www.jefpat.org/archeobotany/PDF/PaleobotEssay.pdf http://cnsmaryland1.org/2013/05/09/religion-in-colonial-maryland/ http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-8-1-b-who-voted-in-early-america Citations Citations