Maryland was different from the other english colonies because it was a) founded on behalf of roman catholic colonists. b) it established good relations with american indians. c) it grew tobacco as a lucrative cash crop. d) it was created as a proprietorship, unlike any other colony.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

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