alleryStart learning →What token payment did Lord Baltimore make to the King each year for his Maryland grant?
ATwo Indian arrowheads
BTwo beaver skins
CTwo barrels of grain
DTwo casks of tobacco
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Two Indian arrowheads
1. Charles I granted Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, the land that later became Maryland.
2. Proprietors and chartered companies were technically the King's tenants for such grants.
3. In practice they made only token payments for the land.
4. Lord Baltimore gave the King two Indian arrowheads each year.
5. Two beaver skins was the token William Penn gave, not the one Baltimore gave.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section THE LAND IS SETTLED_
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