WARTIME
These 2 European countries wanted to control the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What are France and England?
Benjamon Banneker did this for the new nation...
Benjammin Banneker helped survey the land on which the new capital would be built. He also did scientific studies of bees and astronomy. He published an almanac about the movements of the stars and planets.
The date of the Stamp Act.
What was 1765?
The contribution that MD made to the new nation.
MD gave land for a new capitol on the banks of the Potomac River. This land in MD was chosen because it is between Northern and Southern States.
How we know the colonists did not like the Stamp Act and the Tea Act.
The colonist met to discuss the Stamp Act. They formed a group to protest since they were not allowed to send representatives to Parliament. They protested and resisted. They wrote about it in newspapers.
The name of the war those counties fought for that land...
What is the French and Indian War?
Name the first governor of the state of Maryland.
Who was Thomas Johnson Jr.?
This is the year that leaders in MD wrote a new state constitution.
What is 1776?
In 1800, Congress meets where for the first time?
In the U.S. Capitol Building.
The name for the written document that is the basis of our United States government.
The U.S. Constitution.
Name the contributions MD made to the Revolutionary war.
Many MD men left their families and joined the war. MAryland's wheat fed many soldiers and sailors. MD's government chose Army officers. Black and white men that knew the bay piloted ships to protect the area. Slave and free blacks fought. Cannons were made here.
The state legislature is made of 2 parts - the State Senate and the House of Delegates, called what?
The General Assembly
The year the first Continental Congress meets.
What is 1774?
The major battles fought in Maryland were:
None, but the Chesapeake Bay was very active during the war.
The reason we celebrate July 4th as Independence Day.
It is the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
The span of years that the French and Indian War was fought? Who won?
1754-1763, England with the help of the colonists, defeated the French and Indians.
This French general was very popular in America, especially in Maryland.
General Lafayette.
The span of years that the War for Independence (Revolutionary war) was fought....
1775-1783
Where was the first protest against the Tea Act of 1773 and what was it called?
The Boston Tea Party in Massachusetts.
After the Constitution was written, these 10 amendments were added to protect precious rights of U.S. citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Name the first and last battles in the War for Independence ...
1st - Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
Last - Yorktown, Virginia.
Name the 4 men from Maryland that signed the Declaration of Independence.
Charles Carroll, Samuel Chase, William Pca, Thomas Stone.
The year the U.S. Constitution is approved, and an anti-slavery society is formed in Baltimore.
What is 1789?
State leaders meet in the state house in
Annapolis
List some of the results of the Revolution.
The 13 colonies cold now have their own government. People could move west of the Appalachian Mountains. British laws could not stop people. Many slaves won their freedom by fighting in the Revolution.