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MARYLAND STATS

Statehood: April 28, 1788 Nickname: Line State

Bird: Balitmore Oriole Flower: Black-eyed susan

Song: "Maryland, My Maryland." Tree: White Oak

Motto: Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine ("Manly deeds, womanly words.")

Seventh of the thirteen orginal colonies to ratify the Constitution
Maryland has 23 counties and the independent City of Baltimore.

Here are some facts about Maryland:

Maryland has 9,874 square miles of land area.

Maryland's Chesapeake Bay has 1,726 square miles of water.

There are 703 square miles of inland water in Maryland

Additional Info:

There are three land regions in Maryland:

Piedmont Plateau

Most rivers in Maryland can be navigated up to the point where there are waterfalls. An imaginary line connnecting the falls of each river would make the fall line.

*begins at the fall line

*between 100-500 feet about sea level

*large rocks in some places

*Baltimore began on the fall line where waterpower was provided by the falls

*soil is not as sandy as in the coastal plain, contains some clay

*greater range of temperature than on the plain

Atlantic Coastal Plain

*lowland with few hills

*elevation is less than 100 feet

*soil is light and sandy and good for farming

*many rivers and creeks

*divided in half by the Chesapeake Bay to form the Eastern Shore and the Western Shore

*mild temperatures

*marshes on the Eastern Shore

*flat land on the Eastern Shore

Appalachian

*begins with the Catoctin Mountains near Frederick

*smaller farms than other regions

*lumbering is important

*elevation more than 500 feet, highest point is 3,360 at Backbone Mountain

*cooler climate in western Maryland

History

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore applied to Charles I for a new royal charter for what was to become the Province of Maryland. George Calvert died in April 1632, but a charter for "Maryland Colony" (in Latin, "Terra Maria") was granted to his son, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, on June 20, 1632. The new colony was named in honour of Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I.

The English colony of Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore who on March 25, 1634 led the first settlers into this area which would soon become one of the few dominantly Catholic regions among the English colonies in America. Maryland was one of the key destinations of tens of thousands of British convicts, which carried on until independence. The Maryland Toleration Act was one of the first laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as it was Christian), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the First Amendment.

Originally, based on an incorrect map, the royal charter granted Maryland the Potomac River and territory northward to the fortieth parallel. This was found to be a problem, because the northern boundary would put Philadelphia, the major city in Pennsylvania, within Maryland. The Calvert family, which controlled Maryland, and the Penn family, which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, to survey what became known as the Mason-Dixon line which would form the boundary between their two colonies.

St. Mary's City was the largest site of the original Maryland colony, and was the seat of state government until just before the beginning of the 18th century (when the government was moved to Annapolis). The government was moved at about the same time as the persecution of Maryland Catholics by Puritans from Virginia; during the persecutions, all of the original Catholic churches of southern Maryland were burned down. St. Mary's City is now an archaelogical site, with a small tourist center.

Maryland was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.

Maryland remained largely neutral in the United States Civil War. As it did not secede (in part due to precautions taken by the government in Washington, D.C.), it was not included under the Emancipation Proclamation and retained legal slavery until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.

Geography

Maryland is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the west by West Virginia, on the east by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south, across the Potomac River, by Virginia. It shares a border near the center of the state along the Potomac with Washington, DC. Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state, and the counties east of the Bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. A portion of extreme western Maryland in Garrett County is drained by the Youghiogheny River as part of the watershed of the
Mississippi River. The highest point in Maryland is Backbone Mountain, which is the southwest corner of Garrett County, right near the border with West Virginia near the headwaters of the North Branch of the Potomac.

Physical formations

• Appalachian Mountains
• Chesapeake Bay

Maryland is a fast-growing state boasting a dynamic economy. One of Maryland's major attractions is the Chesapeake Bay, a crab-intensive body of water that got its name from the Indian word "Cesapiq," which means "Chesapeake." The Chesapeake Bay of Maryland is the longest inland shoreline of the nation. Maryland, nicknamed the Old Line State, is one of the Middle Atlantic states of the US. Maryland also contains Baltimore, site of the historic Fort McHenry, where in 1812 Francis Scott Key wrote "The
Star-Spangled Banner" to express the joy he felt after watching the Orioles defeat the Yankees in a critical American League East game. Maryland‚s famous schools are the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Annapolis, the state capital of Maryland, is regarded as the jewel of Chesapeake Bay. It was named in honor of Queen Anne of England. This city also houses the US Naval Academy Museum in the Preble Hall. The Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol in continuous use. It had been completed in 1779 and is located at the State Circle.

Baltimore is a major port city of Maryland. Its most popular attraction is the National Aquarium located at 501 E. Pratt St., Pier 3. It holds exhibits and a dolphin show. The Maryland Science Center, located at 601 Light St., features an IMAX theater, the Planetarium, and a number of exhitibs. For art enthusiasts, some places worth visiting are the American Visionary Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Walters Art Gallery.

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Tourist Attractions in Maryland:

• Antietam National Battlefield Site
• Catoctin Mountain Park
• The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
• Deep Creek Lake State Park
• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
• Fort Washington Park
• Hampton National Historic Site
• Harborplace - Baltimore
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
• Monocacy National Battlefield
• Ocean City
• St. Mary's City

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