Ok I really messed up on the previous tl that I made on this topic so I decided to make a new one. I'm going to focus more on the colonies rather than England and try to be less ASB.
One of the reasons Maryland stopped being a place of significance in early America was due to Religious reasons. Even though it was meant to be a safe haven for Catholics, the majority of settlers were Protestants. Had there been more religious unity and more settlers, Maryland could've become a very important part of North America.
An Englishman named George Calvert developed a deep interest in colonization of the new world. George, like several of the English royalty was a Catholic hiding his faith under pressure from English society so he envisioned a colony with religious freedom for Catholics. In 1620, while he was still serving in parliament, he was gifted a large piece of land in the mid-atlantic from King James, a supporter of Calvert(In OTL, he bought Newfoundland and he supposedly wanted a Catholic mission sent there). He recruits 276 settlers from the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England to colonize the area. Calvert planned to send around 1,000 settlers in the first year of colonization to ensure success. Among the first settlers are his sons Cecil and Leonard, both are still very young but will develop a sense of strong leadership. Calvert then recruits another 520 Catholics from south England And Wales to settle in the colony. The crown would be unaware that the colony is becoming a refuge for Catholics as George would not publicly convert until 1625.

Land granted to George in the New World. It would be named Maryland, after Mary, the mother of Jesus (In OTL, it's still not completely figured out if they may have named it for Henrietta Marie, Queen consort of England and a Catholic) Some English protestants grow suspicious of the name as there are rumors circulating about George's Catholicism
One of the reasons Maryland stopped being a place of significance in early America was due to Religious reasons. Even though it was meant to be a safe haven for Catholics, the majority of settlers were Protestants. Had there been more religious unity and more settlers, Maryland could've become a very important part of North America.
An Englishman named George Calvert developed a deep interest in colonization of the new world. George, like several of the English royalty was a Catholic hiding his faith under pressure from English society so he envisioned a colony with religious freedom for Catholics. In 1620, while he was still serving in parliament, he was gifted a large piece of land in the mid-atlantic from King James, a supporter of Calvert(In OTL, he bought Newfoundland and he supposedly wanted a Catholic mission sent there). He recruits 276 settlers from the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England to colonize the area. Calvert planned to send around 1,000 settlers in the first year of colonization to ensure success. Among the first settlers are his sons Cecil and Leonard, both are still very young but will develop a sense of strong leadership. Calvert then recruits another 520 Catholics from south England And Wales to settle in the colony. The crown would be unaware that the colony is becoming a refuge for Catholics as George would not publicly convert until 1625.

Land granted to George in the New World. It would be named Maryland, after Mary, the mother of Jesus (In OTL, it's still not completely figured out if they may have named it for Henrietta Marie, Queen consort of England and a Catholic) Some English protestants grow suspicious of the name as there are rumors circulating about George's Catholicism





