Name _______________________________    Date________________________ Maryland’s First Capital: Discovering a Lost City How many years do you think there are between when the Calvert settlers arrived at St. Clement’s Island and today? Write your prediction here: Now, using the timeline at the Maryland State Archives web site, locate the year the Calvert settlers landed at St. Clement’s Island. You will have to scroll down the page a bit. What is the year today? _____ What year did the Calvert settlers arrive at St. Clement’s Island? _____ Subtract the smaller number from the larger number: _____ Your answer is the number of years ago that the Calvert settlers landed at St. Clement’s Island! Review the passenger list from the Ark and Dove. As you can imagine, it was a very difficult journey from England to the new world. How many women sailed on the ships? ________ How many "gentlemen" sailed on the ship? ________ You might have noticed that some of the people died while on the journey. That should prove to you that it was a very difficult trip to make. What characteristics do you think a person would need to have to make such a difficult journey? Make a list here: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ After you have reviewed the map showing where Native Americans lived in the Maryland and Virginia region, you will need to make a recommendation to Leonard Calvert about where he should settle. Look at the map again, if you need to. Now complete this chart: Geographic advantages of locating the city where St. Mary’s City was Geographic Advantages of choosing another location                       What are some other ways that historians could know that a city was lost? Look at the table below and see if you can give another reason that historians could say St. Mary’s City was lost. Population Information for St. Mary's County   Population % of Maryland Population 1790 Census 15,554 4.9% 1890 Census 15,819 1.5% 1990 Census 75,974 1.6% Source: St Mary's County for Kids web site ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

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