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Based on an incorrect map, the original royal charter granted to Maryland the Potomac River and territory northward to the fortieth parallel. This was found to be a problem, as the northern boundary would have put Philadelphia , the major city in Pennsylvania , within Maryland.
Location of the state of Maryland in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the 23 counties and 1 independent city of the state of Maryland. Prehistory of Maryland. Indigenous peoples; English Colony of Maryland, 1632–1694 History of slavery in Maryland; Maryland Toleration Act, 1649; English Province of Maryland, 1694–1707
The Province of Maryland [1] was an English and later British colony in North America from 1634 [2] until 1776, when the province was one of the Thirteen Colonies that joined in supporting the American Revolution against Great Britain.
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. [8] [9] It borders 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 of Washington, D.C. to the southwest.
Map of Chesapeake Bay area by John Senex, 1719, with Baltimore County labeled near Maryland's border with Pennsylvania.. The County of Baltimore was "erected" around 1659 in the records of the General Assembly of Maryland one of the earliest divisions of the Maryland Colony into counties when a warrant was issued to be served by the "Sheriff of Baltimore County."
Paleo-Indians inhabited Maryland beginning in c. 10,000 BC as the Pleistocene ice sheet retreated, [1] having come from other areas of North America to hunt.. Members of the Monongahela culture lived in the western portion of Maryland, constructing sites such as the Barton Village Site and Meyer Site.
Maryland has no natural lakes, mostly due to the lack of glacial history in the area. [7] All lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly via dams. [8] Buckel's Bog is believed by geologists to have been a remnant of a former natural lake. [9] Maryland has shale formations containing natural gas, where fracking is theoretically possible. [10]
Native American history of Maryland (6 C, 64 P) O. Defunct organizations based in Maryland (6 C, 4 P) P. Political history of Maryland (8 C, 2 P) R.