The Environmental Justice Foundation elaborates more on the world wide negative effects of pesticide use in cotton. Cotton (83%) is one of the top four GMO crops produced in the world which includes soy (89%), canola (75%) and corn (61%). GMO cotton production ranks ninth in global crop production. On an average, 90 percent of U.S. cotton in 2010 was genetically engineered, according to a USDA survey.
Virginia. Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord of Baltimore, founded Maryland in 1632. Cecilâs father, George Calvert had received a royal charter for the land from King Charles I. The new colony was named after Henrietta Maria, the wife the king. In November of 1633, about 200 Catholic settlers led by Cecilâs younger brother boarded the ships ARK and DOVE, and set sail for Marieâs Land (later Maryland).
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was the first Proprietor and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. A proprietary colony was a type of British colony especially in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century.In the British Empire, all land belonged to the king, and it was his prerogative to divide.Therefore all colonial properties were partitioned by royal charter into one of four types: proprietary, royal, joint stock, or covenant. Province of Georgia. 2  Province of Carolina (which was divided in 1712 into the Province of North Carolina and the Province of South Carolina. 3  Province of Pennsylvania (aka Pennsylvania Colony)-Granted to William Penn in 1681.