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Maryland at a Glance /19

Mt. Vernon Compact ratified by Maryland.
Annapolis Convention held to discuss revisions to Articles of
Confederation. Maryland sent no representatives.
U.S. Constitution signed by Marylanders Daniel Carroll, James McHenry,
and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, at Philadelphia.
Luther Martin's report, The Genuine Information, criticized proposed U.S.
Constitution, including its omission of a bill of rights.
Maryland, the seventh state, ratified U.S. Constitution.
Maryland ratified federal Bill of Rights, first ten amendments to U.S.
Constitution.
Maryland ceded land for District of Columbia.
Baltimore City incorporated.
Property qualification for voting removed in local elections.
Viva voce voting at elections changed to voting by ballot.
University of Maryland chartered as the College of Medicine of Maryland.
Property qualification ended in voting for electors for president, vice-
president, and congressmen.

Free blacks disenfranchised.
Battle of Bladensburg.
British repulsed at Battle of North Point.
Bombardment of Fort McHenry, which inspired Francis Scott Key to
write "Star-Spangled Banner."
National Road completed from Cumberland to Wheeling.

In M'Culloch v. Maryland, U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall interpreted
Constitution to signify implied powers of federal government.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal constructed through Cecil County to
link Chesapeake Bay with Delaware River.
Jewish enfranchisement, religious qualification for civil office removed.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad chartered.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal constructed (to Cumberland by 1848).
The Baltimore Sun began publication.
Governor and State senators first elected bv voters rather than by
legislature.
Samuel F. B. Morse demonstrated telegraph line from Washington, DC,
to Baltimore.
U.S. Naval Academy founded at Annapolis.
Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851.
Second State Constitution adopted.
Rise of Know Nothing Party. Baltimore riots named city "Mobtown."
Maryland Agricultural College opened at College Park.
John Brown launched raid from Maryland on federal arsenal, Harper's
Ferry.
Sixth Massachusetts Union Regiment attacked by Baltimore mob.
General Assembly met in special session at Frederick while federal troops
occupied Annapolis.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Union forces occupied Baltimore.
Battle of South Mountain.
Battle ofAntietam.
Confederates invaded Maryland en route to Gettysburg.
Constitutional Convention of 1864.
Hagerstown held for ransom by Confederates.
Frederick held for ransom by Confederates.