Leonard used military force to take Kent Island from William Claiborne, the man who later repealed the "Act Concerning Religion" passed in this colony to protect the rights of the minority who practiced the religion of its founder, George Calvert.
The founder of the colony that became this US state left his settlement of Avalon on Newfoundland to move south to this location. After that founder's death, his son Cecilius fought the London Company in court to retain the colony, sending his brother Leonard to become this colony's first governor. Leonard used military force to take Kent Island from William Claiborne, the man who later repealed the "Act Concerning Religion" passed in this colony to protect the rights of the minority who practiced the religion of its founder, George Calvert. Established as a haven for Catholics in the New World, FTP name this colony named for the wife of Charles I, Henrietta Maria, and established by Lord Baltimore.
The founder of the colony that became this US state left his settlement of Avalon on Newfoundland to move south to this location.
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