Ingle, attacking the Maryland colony in the…

February 1645 CE

Ingle, attacking the Maryland colony in the name of Parliament with the ship Reformation, takes over St. Mary's in February 1645 and imprisons leaders of the colony.

Royalist proprietary governor Leonard Calvert flees to Virginia.

Both Claiborne and Ingle use religion as a tool to gain popular support, arguing that the Catholic Calverts cannot be trusted.

They begin plundering the property of anyone who does not swear allegiance to the English Parliament.

Ingle claims that he has letter of marque to cruise in the waters of Shesapeake (Chesapeake Bay) and the permission of a new government in England.

Local settlers regard him as a pirate.

He puts two Jesuit priests in chains and transports them back to England.

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St Marys City St Mary's Maryland United States View →

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William Claiborne View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Protestantism View → Puritans View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View → Virginia (English Crown Colony) View → Maryland, Province of (English Colony) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, English View → English Civil War, First, or Great View → Claiborne's Rebellion View →

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Fish and game View → Weapons View → Hides and feathers View → Strategic metals View → Land View → Tobacco View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View → Finance View → Piracy View →

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