The story of English settlement in the Bay region and the influence of the Chesapeake on the location and subsequent development of the first colonies. Cultures, goods, traditions, and technology flowed along the watery reaches of the Chesapeake Bay. Waterways inextricably linked Old and New Worlds, American Indian nations and European nations, African villages and labor-hungry colonies.

"This book provides the perspectives of five different authors, archaeologists who have dedicated a significant part of their careers to understanding life in the 17th and 18th century English colony of Maryland. The genesis of this volume was a desire on behalf of the Maryland Historical Trust to create a synthetic volume that was accessible to the general public and which would describe the rich history and cultural heritage of the State as revealed...

"Driven to emigrate by England's devastating anti-Catholic policies, the first Carroll brought with him to Maryland an iron determination to reconstitute his family and fortune. But instead of a more tolerant environment, he found an increasingly militant Protestant society that ultimately disenfranchised Catholics and threatened their wealth and property. Confronting religious antagonisms like those that had destroyed their Irish ancestors, this...