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CHRONOLOGY 111
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AFTERWARD.
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1776, July 4
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Maryland becomes a sovereign state.
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1776, Aug. 14
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Constitutional Convention assembles.
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1776, Nov. 11
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Constitution adoped by the Convention.
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1777, Feb. 5
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General Assembly meets.
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1777, March 21
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Governor inaugurated; Council of Safety
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disbands.
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1777, April
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State officers appointed.
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1777, April 20
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Prerogative Office abolished.
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1780, May 16
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Quit-rents abolished as of July 4, 1776.
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1781, Feb. 2
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Property of Loyalists and British Subjects
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confiscated.
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1782, Jan. 22
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Treasurer of the Western Shore assigned
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land duties of former Agent and Receiver
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General; Chancellor made Judge of the
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Land Office; Governor authorized to ap-
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point an Examiner General.
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