George Calvert was a very devout Roman Catholic. He was named Lord of Baltimore.
After given this name, he then wnet on to fight religious persecution for Roman
Catholics. During this time, he tried to found many religious refuges for
Catholics. He had many land charters, but all of them were turned down by the
monarchy. George Calvert ended up dying before he could even found this
religious refuge. But, his son Cecil was able to help his father. Cecil and his
brothers went on an expedition in New England and finally founded a religious
refuge. This refuge was named for Queen Mary (Maryland). Although the Catholics
had their refuge, they were still being plagued by the Indians. This was thought
to be William Claybourne's doing. This little was between the Calverts and
Claybourne ended up to the Calvert's advantage. The Calvert's made a treaty and
in it they defined all of their land claims.