1774, June 22.............

First Provincial Convention met at Annapolis.

1774, Oct. 19.............

Burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis harbor.

1775, March 22...........

"Bush Declaration" signed, Harford County.

1775, July 26.............

Association of Freemen formed.

1776, June 26.............

Departure of Robert Eden, Maryland's last colonial governor.

1776, July 4 ..............

Declaration of Independence adopted in Philadelphia. Engrossed

copy signed by Marylanders William Paca, Charles Carroll of

Carrollton, Thomas Stone, and Samuel Chase.

1776, July 6 ..............

Maryland Convention declared independence from Great Britain.

1776, Nov. 3 .............

Declaration of Rights adopted by Ninth Convention. Church of

England disestablished.

1776, Nov. 8 .............

First State Constitution adopted by Ninth Convention.

1776, Dec. 20-1777, Mar. 4

Continental Congress met at Baltimore.

1777, Feb. 5..............

First General Assembly elected under State Constitution of 1776

met at Annapolis.

1781, March 1............

Maryland ratified, and thereby made effective, the Articles of Con-

federation.

1781, Nov. 5 .............

John Hanson elected President of the United States in Congress As-

sembled.

1782.....................

Washington College established at Chestertown.

1783, Nov. 26-1784, June 3

Continental Congress met at Annapolis.

1783, Dec. 23 ............

Washington resigned commission as commander in chief of the

Continental Army at State House in Annapolis.

1784.....................

St. John's College established at Annapolis.

1784, Jan. 14 .............

Treaty of Paris, ending Revolutionary War, ratified by Congress at

Annapolis.

1785, March 28...........

Mt. Vemon Compact, an agreement on navigation and fishing in

Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, signed by Maryland and Virginia

commissioners.

1785, Aug. ...............

China trade begun with arrival of Canton cargo at Baltimore.

1785, Nov. 22 ............

Mt. Vemon Compact ratified by Maryland.

1786, Sept. 11-14 .........

Annapolis Convention held to discuss revisions to Articles of Con-

federation. Maryland sent no representatives.

1787, Sept. 17 ............

U.S. Constitution signed by Marylanders Daniel Carroll, James Mc-

Henry, and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, at Philadelphia.

1787, Nov. 29 ............

Luther Martin's report, The Genuine Information, criticized pro-

posed U.S. Constitution, including its omission of a bill of rights.

1788, April 28 ............

Maryland, the seventh state, ratified U.S. Constitution.

1789, Dec. 19 ............

Maryland ratified Bill of Rights, first ten amendments to U.S. Con-

stitution.

1791, Dec. 19 ............

Maryland ceded land for District of Columbia.

1796.....................

Baltimore City incorporated.

1802.....................

Property qualification for voting removed in local elections.

1803.....................

Viva voce voting at elections changed to voting by ballot.

1807, Dec. 18 ............

University of Maryland chartered as the College of Medicine of

Maryland.

1810.....................

Property qualification ended in voting for electors for president,

vice-president, and congressmen.

1810.....................

Free blacks disenfranchised.

1814, Aug. 24 ............

Battle of Bladensburg.

1814, Sept. 12 ............

British repulsed at Battle of North Point.

1814, Sept. 13 ............

Bombardment of Fort McHenry, which inspired Francis Scott Key

to write "Star-Spangled Banner."

1818.....................

National Road completed from Cumberland to Wheeling.

1819, March 6............

In M'Culloch v. Maryland, U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall inter-

preted Constitution to signify implied powers of federal govern-

ment.

1824-1829 ...............

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal constructed.