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CHRONOLOGY 1608. Exploration of the Chesapeake Bay by Capt. John Smith. 1631. August.Settlement of Claiborne fur trading post on Kent Island. 1632. June 20-. Charter of Maryland granted. 1633. November 22.Sailing of the Ark and Dove. 1634. March 25.Landing of the Colonists. 1635. February 26.First meeting of the Assembly. 1643. Governor Calvert driven from the province by William Ingle. 1652. Maryland seized by the Commissioners of Parliament. 1657. November 30.Restoration of the Province of Lord Baltimore. naturalized in Maryland. 1671. George Fox visited the Province. Rise of the Quakers. 1682. December.William Penn met Charles Calvert, Third Lord Bal- 1683. The Old Treasury building, on Capitol Hill, Annapolis, was 1692. Church of England made the established church of the Province. under Francis Nicholson, Governor. 1694. February 28.The first Provincial Assembly held in Annapolis in Major Edward Dorsey's house, 83 Prince George street. in the Province. 1702. The English "Toleration Act for Dissenters" was extended to Maryland. 1704. An Act was passed "To prevent the growth of popery." stood the Armory, which was also the ballroom. 1730. Beginning of settlement of Western Maryland by German im- 1730. Baltimore City laid out. 1755. General Braddock's expedition starts from Maryland. 1756. Fort Frederick built to protect frontier from Indians. 1763. Mason and Dixon's line survey began. 1764. The log meeting house, called Strawbridge Methodist Chapel, 1765. March 22.Passage of Stamp Act. 1766. March 18.Repeal of Stamp Act.
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