CHAPTER III

THE COLONISATION OF MARYLAND AND THE CAROLINAS

The colonisation of Maryland--Lord Baltimore--Leonard Calvert --Quarrel over the Isle of Kent--The Civil War--The Commonwealth --Lord Baltimore restored--A spirit of unrest in Maryland-- Francis Nicholson--Irreligion of the colonists--Industry in Maryland--The Carolinas--The foundation of the colony--Its progress--The Fundamental Constitutions--State of anarchy-- South Carolina--William Sayle--Joseph West--Amalgamation of the two Carolinas--Danger from French and Spaniards--Queen Anne's War--Indian troubles--The Treaty of Utrecht--The Carolinas become a Crown colony--Interest of Carolina history 54