The Black Death inspired a lot of fear because it kills silently and indiscriminately. Since the plague comes from a type of bacteria, it can spread very easily from host to host. The disease is most commonly found in house rats. These house rats are often found in people's houses which made the disease even scarier. It spread throughout the entire world and killing off a huge number of people really fast. This is the terror of the black death.
<span>Virginia and Maryland both developed as agrarian economies during their formative years. Maryland was set up by Lord Baltimore to be more of a religious refuge than Virginia, though, since there was a need for a location for Catholic settlers to go to be able to worship with less interference. Virginia was settled as a location for plantation owners to farm tobacco, once it was shown to be a profitable crop.</span>