Background
The State of Maryland began its life as the Province of Maryland, an English settlement in North America that was founded in 1632 as a proprietary colony of the Lord Baltimore, who wished to create a haven for English Catholics in the New World. The earliest European settlement was at St. Mary's City, Maryland, founded in 1634, little of which remains intact today. Maryland remained under the control of the Lords Baltimore until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland.
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