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 Maryland Governor=Martin O'Malley Bird=Orioles Boat=Shipjack Crustacean=Maryland blue crab Dinosaur=Astrodon johnstoni Dog=Chesapeake Bay retriever Beverage=milk Flower=Black eyed susan fish=rockfish Folk dance=square dance Fossil=ecphora gardnerae Shell=gardnerae(Wilson) Insect=Baltimore checkerspot butterfly Reptile=diamondback terrapin Song=Maryland! My Maryland! Sport=Jousting Team Sport=Jousting Tree=White oak In 1608 Captain John Smith explored Chesapeake Bay.Charles the first granted a royal charter for Maryland to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, in 1632, and English settlers, many of whom were Roman Catholic, landed on St.Clements (now Blakistone)island in 1634.Religious freedom, granted all Christians in the Toleration Act passed by the Maryland assembly in 1649, was ended by a Puritan revolt,1654-1658. From 1763 to 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed Maryland's northern boundary line with Pennsylvania.In 1791, Maryland ceded land to form the District of Columbia. In 1814, during the British attempt to capture Baltimore, the bombardment of Fort McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."During the Civil War, Maryland was a slave state but remained in the Union.Consequentaly, Marylanders fought on both sides and many families were divided. references http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0108223.html Article posted March 8, 2011 at 09:26 AM • comment • Reads 96 • see all articles |
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