Maryland

Maryland

Senators: KMAIN F8 (R), NSOVICH D4 (R)

Representatives: CMCCLUNG F6 (R), TKING D1 (R), EMCNAMARA D8 (I)

The capital is Annapolis. (EMcNamara)

They have 8 U.S. Representatives, 7 are Democrats, and 1 is a Republican. (EMcNamara)

The highest point in Maryland is backbone Mountain, which is 3,360 feet high, and the lowest point is Bloody Point Hole, which is 174 feet below sea level. (EMcNamara)

Their two nicknames are Free State and Old line state (EMcNamara)

The residents are called a Marylander (EMcNamara)

The governer is Martin O'Malley (TKing)

Maryland became a state in 1788 (TKing)

Maryland's real senators are both democrats and 7/8 Reps. from Maryland are Democratic (NSOVICH)

Maryland borders the nation's capital and is in the eatern side of the U.S. (NSOVICH)

Maryland is worth 10 electoral votes and this is (1.8% of total) (NSOVICH)

There are about 5.5 million people in Maryland (1.7% of population) (NSOVICH)

Maryland is home to many religious sites, African-American heritage sites, and historic sites (NSOVICH)

The state gov. began when the 9th provincial covention adoped the 1st constitutionof Maryland on Nov. 8 1776.( Carlie McClung)

April 28, 1788 was when the 7th state to ratify the federal constitution. ( Carlie McClung)

Of 50 states, Maryland is among those with the fewest # of local goverment. (Carlie McClung)

Maryland has had four constitutions (Carlie McClung)

They have two senators that are both Demacratic, Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikuliski ( Carlie McClung)

The border states to Maryland are Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia (TKing)

Maryland has 9.773 miles of square land and is the 42nd largest state (TKing)

The percentage of white people in Maryland is 63.6%, black people is 29.5%, and asian people is 5% (TKing)

By the year 2000 there were 952,389 Roman Catholics in Maryland. (Kaitlyn Main)

In 1632, Sir George Calvert persuaded King Charles 1st to grant him land for a colony in the Americas. (Kaitlyn Main)

The [|Maryland Toleration Act], of 1649, was one of the first laws that defined tolerance of varieties of religion (as long as it was christian) (Kaitlyn Main)

The five largest reported ancestries in Maryland are [|German] (15.7%), [|Irish] (11.7%), [|English] (9%), unspecified [|American] (5.8%), and [|Italian] (5.1%). (Kaitlyn Main)

To try and bring settlers into the state, Maryland used what is known as the [|headright system], which originated in Jamestown. The government awarded land to people who transported colonists to Maryland. (Kaitlyn Main)