Maryland
Nycole Gonzalez
5th Grade
Ms. Whaley
May 6, 2016
Table of Contents
Introduction
History
Geography and Climate
Natural Resources and Industry
Conclusion
Introduction
The state of Maryland is located in the Eastern part of the United States. Maryland shares borders with Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. Maryland became a state in 1788 and currently has 5.583 million people, with the capital being Annapolis. Fishing Industry, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing are major parts of Maryland’s economy. It is famous for great seafood. Maryland is a place for people to enjoy the outdoors with its beautiful landscapes, mountains, beaches, and countryside.
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Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state that's defined by its abundant waterways and coastlines on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic. Its largest city, Baltimore, has a long history as a major seaport. Fort McHenry, birthplace of the U.S. national anthem, sits at the mouth of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, home to the National Aquarium and Maryland Science …show more content…
One section of Maryland lies to the east of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula ( Name: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia). It is continental in the highland west, with temperature records from -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) to more than 100 degrees F (38 degrees C). Average temperatures in western Maryland are 65 degrees F (18 degrees C) in July and 28 degrees F (-2 degrees C) in January. The Atlantic Coastal Plain, that stretches from New Jersey to Florida, around the Gulf of Mexico, south to Mexico and to the Yucatan Peninsula.
Natural Resources, and Industry
Despite its small size, Maryland enjoys a number of natural resources. It has fertile soil in many areas and a favorable location on Chesapeake Bay. The state's long water frontage on the bay has provided the basis of important shipping and fishing industries . More than two-fifths of the land is forested, with oak and hickory the most dominant trees.
During the 20th century Maryland, like many other states, experienced significant declines in its traditional manufacturing industries, such as clothing and paper. These losses were partly offset, however, by the rise of technology-related manufacturing
While both colonies were settled in Eastern America, the regional geography had a hand in influencing this expansion. New England was known for its harsh climate, forcing its inhabitants to endure brutal winters, and miserably hot summers. Because many European immigrants sought arable land, the unyielding soil of New England impeded the immigrants agriculturally and forced them to depend on livestock. They criticized the Indians for “wasting” the land-not using what little arable land they had to its full potential. As a result, the New Englanders used up as much land as they could to make sure “[t]hat everyone shall have a share of the meadow or planting ground…” (Doc D). They felt it was their duty to clear woodlands and establish a settlement. Additionally, they turned to the coastline and built harbors to fish rather than farm, unlike their Southern counterparts. Geography had a different impact on the people of the Chesapeake region. The people of Chesapeake capitalized on their good soil, and, unlike the New Englanders, they grew tobacco. Tobacco proved very profitable and
Thesis Statement: When talking about New England and the Chesapeake region, you have to consider the differences in motives and geography. Consider economic situations (reasons for settling where they did, reasons why they came to New England in the first place). One has to think about the family development and demographics, as well as the government structure.
The Chesapeake region was very successful at farming, and mining, and exported a lot of goods. "The worst with their golden promises made all men their slaves in hope of recompenses." (Doc F). New England had some pretty large ports, but the settlements tended to stay more localized than the Chesapeake. The Chesapeake region was very hot, and perfect for farming crops such as sugar, rice, and tobacco.
The Chesapeake region included the colonies of Virginia, Maryland, East and West New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The first successful establishment in the colonies was Jamestown. Founded
The Chesapeake and New England were some of the first areas to be colonized by the English in America. The Chesapeake is what we now know as Maryland and Virginia, named so in reference to the Chesapeake Bay. New England, now divided into four states, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, was named in homage to the mother country England, as a promise to be a “New” England where the Puritan settlers could worship as they pleased.[1] Though the two bear many similar characteristics—they were both English colonies, facing the obstacle of the Native Americans, attempting to settle and create new societies—there are many more differences which set the colonies apart, economically, socially, and geographically.
Through the development of Virginia and Massachusetts Bay a few similarities can be noted, however, the development of these two colonies were vastly different. First off we can notice the similarities; both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay were founded by investors that funded colonists from England over to the New World. Both of these colonies were formed with a hope for profit and both of these colonies followed a government that consisted of counties with sheriffs and governors. As far as economically successful colonies go, Massachusetts Bay proved to be the more successful of the two. Virginia had a more appropriate climate for the production and growth of a wider variety of crops but tobacco was their highest produced crop.
In the 1700s it is unknown to who has found, what is now the United States of America. Overall, the search to define who found the United States is still ongoing I presume. This research is not on the circumscribe of the United States, but of Delaware the first state.
For both the North and the South, one of the most strategically important coastal regions was Hampton Roads in Virginia, where the wide mouth of the James River poured into the Chesapeake Bay. For the North, Hampton Roads was the
The political boundaries of the State of Maryland enclose an ecologically assorted land. Its river systems nosh the Chesapeake Bay, the Delaware River, and the Ohio River. Throughout the state, altitudes ascend from the coast to more than 3,000 feet at Backbone Mountain in Garrett County (Krech, 1999). Granite bedrock projects from the plane of western Maryland, at the same time as a block of unconsolidated residues cover this rocky bottom to a profundity of 8,000 feet at the Atlantic shoreline (Flannery, 2001). Maryland's flora is likewise capricious, being a creation of the assorted soils, weather and water.
The Maryland colony was founded in 1633. Maryland was originally named Province of Maryland. However, King Charles I changed the name to Maryland in honor of his wife. Maryland's main crop is tobacco. Tobacco was used as money back then. Farmers in Maryland cut the trees to build houses and trading ships. They cut trees close to the ground so the sap stopped flowing. After that they planted tree seeds around the stump. The tree seeds would grow into more trees.
Maryland is a beautiful place with pretty landforms lakes,etc. Coastal Plain. The fall line separates the Piedmont Plateau from the third major geographic landform in Maryland, the Atlantic Coastal Plain. This flat landscape borders both sides of the Chesapeake Bay and encompasses the entire Eastern Shore.There were conflicts in maryland about religions and stuff like that, “Religious conflict was strong in ensuing years as the American Puritans, growing more numerous in Maryland and supported by Puritans in England, set out to revoke the religious freedoms guaranteed in the founding of the colony.” In 1649, Maryland Governor William Stone responded by passing an act ensuring religious liberty and justice to all who believed in Jesus Christ.”
Drug possession laws in Maryland are quite simple and easy to understand which makes them more damaging than thought.
Despite the insignificant size of Maryland, it exhibits considerable climatic diversity so it is possible to experience many different kinds of climate. In the summers, there will be beautiful sunshine and in the winters, there will be snowfalls. The kids will sure have a lot of fun making snowmen and snowballs! The climates are perfect for farming so the farmers will not have to worry about the crops not growing and it is possible to have prosperous and luxurious life by selling tobacco plants. Maryland also has many geographic features such as the Chesapeake Bay, which divides Maryland into the Eastern Shore and the Western Shore. There are also the Catoctin Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, and the Piedmont Plateau. Maryland as 23 rivers and many creeks and lakes and they will make the kids have fun in the summer by playing in the water. Last of all, the neighbors of Maryland are Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Columbia.
Anne Arundel County is the fifth largest county in Maryland with a population of 568,346 it contains 32 census places. The largest places in Anne Arundel County by population are Glen Burnie, Severn, and Odenton. The population distribution for Anne Arundel County, is listed as follows: under the age of 5 is 6.3%, ages 18-64 is 77.5%, and ages 65 and over is 13.7%, resulting with the median age of 38.1 years old (U.S Census Bureau, 2016). The percentages of male are 49.6% and 50.4% for women in the county. The population by race according to the 2015 census breaks down into the following percentages: Caucasian is 69.5% (395,000 residents), American Indian/Alaska native 0.3% (1,705 residents), Asian alone 3.9% (22,165 residents), African American
To register to vote in Maryland, a person must be a United States citizen and a Maryland resident. However, unlike Pennsylvania, a person only has to be sixteen years old to complete the voter registration process but may not vote until age eighteen. A citizen may not register to vote in Maryland if he or she has been convicted of buying or selling votes. If an individual has been convicted of a felony and is currently serving a term of imprisonment, he or she is also ineligible. The mentally disabled may not vote. In Maryland, the application for registration must be completed just twenty-one