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Charles Carrol Of Carrolton
INTRODUCTION AND THESIS
Charles Carrol was born of Irish descent on September 20, 1737 in Annapolis, Maryland. Catholics in Maryland were denied basic educational and political freedoms. So from the age of eight, Carrol was educated at St. Omer, a Jesuit school in England. He spent the next six years studying in Rheims, Bourges, and Paris. From there he went to London to study law for another six years. At the age of twenty six, Carrol returned to Maryland. French influence was apparent in Carrol's manner, language, and equestrian abilities. Charles Carrol's Irish Catholic background is what influenced him to participate actively in the American
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