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When we left off, the situation on Chesapeake Bay was on edge.

One man, William Claiborne, stood at the heart of all the turmoil.

Claiborne was a Virginia fur trader who also owned large tobacco plantations and served as the Secretary

of State for Virginia.

The conflict on the Chesapeake was due to his trading post on Kent Island.

Kent Island should, obviously, have been considered part of the Maryland colony, at least geographically speaking,

but that's assuming a few things.

I mean there are border considerations and territorial allocations and the rights of the

inhabitants and the owners of the island. One does need to take all that into, and it all did play a role here.

But more than any other factor, there was one key question.

Should the Maryland colony exist at all?

The government of Virginia, including William Claiborne and the governor, Thomas West, the third baron Delaware, did not think that Maryland should exist.

It was technically on land that formerly had belonged to the Virginia Company. However, after sitting unused for 40 years, at least

unused by the English, the Crown chose to give Maryland to another party.

Which, you know, does make sense.

England was trying to build an empire here.

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