Maryland

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Maryland

• The land of forests!!!
• By
• Mary Blancas and Branden Harris

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How the name Maryland became

• Maryland was named after a queen named Mary.
• She was the queen of England.

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State Things

• The state bird is called Baltimore Oriole.
• The nickname that Maryland used to be was Old
  Line State.
• The state flower is the Black eyed Susan.

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The Capital

• The capital of Maryland is Annapolis. The biggest
  cities are the Baltimore, Federick, Gaithers
  berg, Bowie, Rockville, Haqerstown, College Park,
  Salisbury, Cumerland.

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Schools

• Maryland has Public schools, Private
  schools and all the other schools like colleges
  and universities.
• The first europeon man ever sat
  foot on Maryland was called Lord Baltimore in
  1632. He died in 1675.

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The Flag

• The Maryland flag contains the family crest of
  the Calvert and Crossland families. Maryland was
  founded as an English colony in 1634 by Cecil
  Cavert the second Lord Baltimore. The black and
  gold designs belong to the Calver family. The red
  and white design belongs to the Crossland family.
  Flag adopted 1904.

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Famous Person

• Rachel Carson was born in Pennsylvania and
  lived much of her life in Maryland. Her 1962
  book, Silent Spring, about the long term effects
  of pesticides, helped launch the modern
  environments movement. She was the most eloquent
  spoken person for conservation of our time.

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History

• The history of Maryland included only Native
  Americans until Europeans, starting with John
  Cabot in 1498, began exploring the area The first
  settlements came in 1645 when the English arrived
  in numbers and created a permanent colony. In
  1776, during the American Revolution, Maryland
  became a state in the United States. It was a
  slave state with some Confederate sympathies, but
  remained in the Union during the American Civil
  War.

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Mary and Branden
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Ending

• And thats why you should visit
  Maryland the land of the forests.