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Maryland then finally agreed to join the new American confederation by being one of the last of the former colonies ratifying the long proposed Articles in 1781, when they took effect. Later that same decade, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the stronger government structure proposed in the new U.S. Constitution in 1788.
Maryland (US: / ˈ m ɛr ɪ l ə n d / ⓘ MERR-il-ənd) [b] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. [9] [10] It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital and federal district of Washington, D.C. to the southwest.
Founded in 1894, [53] the Maryland Suffrage Association was one of the first state suffrage associations for women in the U.S. [54] Together with the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore, [55] they lobbied for women's right to vote at every session of the General Assembly [53] until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in Maryland in 1941. [56]
The Senate then adjourned "to the first Monday in August next." The decision of Maryland to ratify the Articles was reported to the Continental Congress on February 12. The confirmation signing of the Articles by the two Maryland delegates took place in Philadelphia at noon time on March 1, 1781, and was celebrated in the afternoon.
A painting of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.. The Province of Maryland was founded by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore in 1634. Like his father George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, who had originated the efforts that led to the colony's charter, he was Catholic at a time when the Kingdom of England was dominated by the Church of England. [2]
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1729 - Town of Baltimore founded. 1752 - 25 houses and 200 inhabitants. [1] 1763 - Mechanical Fire Company organized. [2] 1767 - Baltimore designated county seat. [1] 1770 - Henry Fite House built. 1773 - Maryland Journal, and the Baltimore Advertiser newspaper begins publication. [3] 1775 - Population: 5,934
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