State Symbols
What is the state bird?
Baltimore Oriole
What state is to the north of Maryland?
Pennsylvania
Where was our national anthem written?
Ft. McHenry
When was the war of 1812?
Who won the War of 1812?
1812
Who made a map and a written record of the bay?
John Smith
What is the state flower?
Black-eyed Susan
What 2 states touch Maryland's southern border?
What was the first permanent English settlement?
St. Mary's City
When did Maryland become a state?
April 28, 1788
Who were the Patriots?
not the football team :)
colonists who wanted to form an independent nation
What is the state tree?
What is the large body of water dividing eastern Maryland and western Maryland?
What was the colony's commercial center?
Baltimore
When did the first European see the Chesapeake Bay?
Bonus: Do you know who that was?
1524
Who was the first Lord Baltimore?
George Calvert
What is (was) the state song?
Maryland, My Maryland
What geographic feature divides Maryland from Virginia and West Virginia?
Potomac River
What was the colony's political center?
Annapolis
When was the first permanent European Settlement?
1634
Who was Francis Asbury?
a circuit-riding Methodist preacher
sent to America from England by John Wesley
What is the state nickname?
Old Line State
In what land region of Maryland do we live?
Piedmont
What was the first European settlement?
(hint: not permanent)
Kent Island
When was the first European settlement?
1631
Who wanted a colony ruled by England not owned by a Catholic?
John Coode