Maryland charter of 1632

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The Maryland charter of 1632 was a royal grant from King Charles I establishing the proprietary colony of Maryland, defining its territorial boundaries and governance under Lord Baltimore.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial charter ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
royal charter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charter of Maryland ⓘ
Charter of the Province of Maryland ⓘ
archivedAt The National Archives (UK) ⓘ
category Colonial charters of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateGranted 1632-06-20 ⓘ
definedBoundaryWith Pennsylvania (later disputed) ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania

Virginia Colony ⓘ
definedTerritory lands bordering the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
lands east of the Potomac River ⓘ
lands north of the Potomac River ⓘ
lands south of the 40th parallel north ⓘ
established Province of Maryland ⓘ
proprietary colony of Maryland ⓘ
governanceFrameworkFor Maryland colonial government ⓘ
grantedBy Charles I of England ⓘ
grantedPrivilegesTo Lord Baltimore and his heirs ⓘ
grantedRights palatinate-style powers ⓘ
power to appoint officers ⓘ
power to collect certain revenues ⓘ
power to establish courts ⓘ
power to grant land ⓘ
power to make laws with consent of freemen ⓘ
grantedTo Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
grantedToFamily Calvert family ⓘ
includedProvision freedom of worship for Christians (broadly interpreted) ⓘ
influenced later colonial charters in British America ⓘ
inForceUntil American Revolution ⓘ
issuedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus proprietary colony charter ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
predecessorTo Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 ⓘ
providedTo Lord Baltimore ⓘ
linked to: Baron Baltimore
purpose to establish a proprietary colony in North America ⓘ
to reward the Calvert family for loyalty to the Crown ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
relatedTo Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Province of Maryland ⓘ
reservedRightsToCrown allegiance of inhabitants ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
ultimate authority over foreign policy ⓘ
signedBy Charles I of England ⓘ
subjectOf boundary disputes with Pennsylvania ⓘ
titleConferred Lord Proprietor of Maryland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → notableWork → Governance of the Province of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Maryland Governor's Council → governedBy → charter of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Maryland charter of 1632 → alsoKnownAs → Charter of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Maryland charter of 1632 → alsoKnownAs → Charter of the Province of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Maryland charter of 1632 → category → Colonial charters of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Calvert family → legalInstrument → Maryland colonial charter ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore → governedUnderLegalFramework → Charter of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Lord Proprietor of Maryland → createdBy → Charter of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Lord Baltimore as a knight in armor → linkedTo → Maryland proprietary charter ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632
Maryland colonial government → foundingCharter → Charter of Maryland (1632) ⓘ
linked to: Maryland charter of 1632