1 The number 420 is not police radio code for anything, anywhere. ( 2 Checks of criminal codes suggest that the origin is neither Californian nor federal. 3  For instance, California Penal Code 420 defines as a misdemeanor the hindrance of use of public lands.). 4  There are approximately 420 active chemicals in marijuana.
By the late 1600âs, economic conditions in England improved, and fewer people came to Maryland as indentured servants. By the 1690s, planters found that they could earn more money if they did not have to pay laborers. So, planters turned to slave labor.
King Charles I had approved a request from George Calvert to establish a colony called the Province of Maryland (âTerra Mariaeâ) in 1632. But the Calvert family did not receive the Charter of Maryland until after George Calvert died. Now it was up to Cecil Calvert to establish and govern the new colony. Cecil was well educated, but he had did not have his fatherâs years of experience at governing colonies.