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History of Maryland

  • Leonard Calvert

    Leonard Calvert

    Leonard Calvert made Maryland a colony.
  • representatives

    representatives

    Representatives come from Annapolis to plan the first constitution.
  • Maryland becomes a state

    Maryland becomes a state

    Maryland becomes the seventh state.
  • Francis Scott Key

    Francis Scott Key

    Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner.
  • Phone Lines

    Phone Lines

    The first phonelines link Baltimore and New York.
  • The Battle of Antietam

    The Battle of Antietam

    In Sharpsburg the Battle of Antietam kills 23,000 people on both sides.
  • slavery

    slavery

    Maryland outlaws slavery.
  • testing center

    testing center

    The U.S. Army opens its first testing center for weapons.
  • womens rights

    womens rights

    The 19th amendment passes giving women the right to vote.
  • public schools

    public schools

    Baltimore becomes the first large city to combine its schools for black and white students.