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Kaminski, John P.; Saladino, Gaspare J.; Moore, Timothy D. (Historian); Lannér-Cusin, Johanna E.; Schoenleber, Charles H.; Reid, Jonathan M.; Flamingo, Margaret R.; Fields, David P. (ed.) / Ratification of the Constitution by the states: Maryland (1)
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Maryland chronology, 1632-1789, pp. lxxvi-lxxviii
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Maryland Chronology, 1632-1789 1632 20 June Charles I grants Maryland charter to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore 1634 25 March Settlers arrive in Maryland 1649 21 April Maryland act providing for religious toleration 1692 April William and Mary declare Maryland a royal colony 1715 February Crown restores property rights to Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Lord Baltimore 1718 Catholics disenfranchised by Assembly 1727 September Annapolis Maryland Gazette, first Maryland newspaper, established 1747 Tobacco inspection law passed (ensures quality of exported tobacco and sets clerical and proprietary officers' fees) 1765 October Daniel Dulany, Jr., denounces Stamp Act in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the BRitish Colonies 23 November Stamp Act resistance at Frederick 1766 Sons of Liberty organized in Baltimore County 1769 Merchants adopt policy of nonimportation of British goods 1772 28 March Cornerstone laid for new statehouse in Annapolis 1774 19 April Last colonial Assembly prorogued 25 May Annapolis inhabitants meet and resolve that lawyers should not bring suits for a British creditor against a Maryland debtor until the Intolerable Acts are repealed lxxvi
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