Any more facts about Maryland

Answer 1

Ø Maryland was one of the southern colonies which were considered a proprietary colony.

Ø It was the seventh state to ratify the constitution in 1788.

Ø The province of Maryland was an English colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve colonies in establishing the United States.

Ø In 1632, Charles I granted a Maryland Charter to Lord Baltimore (George Calvert, the Baron of Baltimore).

Ø In 1633, the first group of settlers set sail for Maryland to establish a colony of freemen led by Leonard Calvert.

Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner in 1814.

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• It has a farm population of only 23,871 persons.
• The first Workmens Compensation Laws were established in Maryland.
• Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore
• The USS Constellation in Baltimore is the last surviving ship of the US Civil War.
• The Maryland State House is the oldest State Capitol in continuous use.
• Between 1990 and 2000 the percentage of residents over 25 years of age that were high school graduate or higher increased from 78% to 84%.
• There are 622,714 people in Maryland that speak a language other than English.
• Francis Scott Key wrote the 'Star Spangled Banner' when he saw the flag designed by by Mary Pickergill of Baltimore was still flying. A US flag has been flown at Key's birthplace continuously since 30 May 1949.
• Antietam was the Bloodiest Day in US history.

IT WAS A FREE LAND

Answer 2

it was a catholic escape from England in the 1600's thru the 1700's

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Er....No, that's an obvious fact, not a interesting one.

I'm looking for interesting facts on colonial Maryland too, actually.

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