Birthplace: Popes Creek, Colony of Virginia, British America Height: 6'2" Dig Deeper Everything George Washington Ate On A Daily Basis As President Also ranks #1 on The Most Important Military Leaders In US History Also ranks #2 on The Greatest US Presidents Of All Time, Ranked 1,275 vote...
Who founded the colony of Maryland? What was the first written constitution in any European nation? Who was the first slave owner in the United States? Who was responsible for governing the colonies during the American Revolution? Who signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia? Who co-...
James Oglethorpe, Founder of Georgia colony Using his recent successes, Oglethorpe recruited other significant leaders to create a new colony in America with specific regulations that would eliminate some of the problems of London society. When King George III (1732) granted the Georgia charter (name...
In 1682, East Jersey was purchased by William Penn and a group of his associates and added with Delaware for administrative purposes. This meant that most of the land between the Maryland and New York colonies were administered by Quakers. In 1702, East and West Jersey were joined by the cr...
9.Maryland had not been the only place harboring anti-Catholic feelings in the colonies. Indeed, every colony had some form of anti-Catholic law except for Pennsylvania. The farther north one journeyed, the stronger the anti-Catholicism became. As early as the 1640s, for example, the New En...
Robert Morris, one of America’s early millionaires, was known as the chief financier of the American revolution. The illegitimate son of a Liverpool tobacco trader grew up in Maryland before becoming a youthful partner in an international trading house in Philadelphia. He grew rich building ships...
Our Last Straw has been credited with helping establish the new DC straw regulations and taking the DC plastic straw ban over the finish line to enforcement, in addition to helping several local towns andthe state of Maryland draft similar plastic straw legislation. Our Last Straw has funded mer...
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Loyola University Maryland; Founding Executive Director, The Emilie Frances Davis Center for Education, Research, and Culture
Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. He was impeached by the House on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his ...
Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. He was impeached by the House on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his ...