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Almost ten years after the "Plundering Time" hostilities erupted once again between Maryland Protestants and the Catholic minority within the colony at the
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In 1647, the Rebellion was finally put down by Maryland Governor Lord Baltimore, who successfully led Maryland colonial forces against the
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The dark period marked a combination of the fall of the British King and religious intolerance, which led directly to the event.
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and regained control of the colony effectively ending the rebellion initiated by Claiborne and Ingle.
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The Protestant pirates began plundering the property of anyone who did not swear allegiance to the
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In 1644, William Claiborne led an uprising of Protestants and retook Kent Island. Meanwhile,
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Following the end of the "Plundering Time" the Maryland colonial assembly passed the
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The plundering Time: The Hardships of Southern Maryland Catholics in Colonial Times.
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of 1649 to allow religious freedom for Catholics to worship in the colony.
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Succumbing to illness, Lord Baltimore died the following summer in 1648.
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allowing Catholics freedom of worship in the Protestant majority colony.
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With the end of hostilities, the Maryland colonial assembly issued the
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The Plundering Time: Maryland in the English Civil War, 1642-1650.
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Period of lawlessness in colonial Maryland (1644-1646)
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English Civil War
Protestant Revolution of Maryland

William Claiborne
privateer
Richard Ingle
Province of Maryland
Province of Maryland
Maryland Toleration Act
Catholics
Maryland proprietary colonial militia
Puritans
Puritan
privateers
pirates
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Lord Baltimore
Leonard Calvert
William Claiborne
Richard Ingle
Province of Maryland
William Claiborne
Kent Island, Maryland
Catholic
Protestant

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