Annapolis, Maryland - Helpful Information and Resources
Facts:
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 26 miles south of Baltimore and about 29 miles east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The city was the temporary capital of the United States in 1783–1784 and the site of the Annapolis Peace Conference, held in November 2007, at the United States Naval Academy. Annapolis is the home of St. John's College.
On March 9, 2010, The Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse moved from Washington D.C. to the Annapolis area, currently at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. On August 22, 2010, the Bayhawks won the Steinfeld Cup for the third time.
History:
A settlement in the Province of Maryland named Providence was founded on the north shore of the Severn River in 1649 by Puritan exiles from Virginia led by Governor William Stone. The settlers later moved to a better-protected harbor on the south shore. The settlement on the south shore was initially named "Town at Proctor's," then "Town at the Severn," and later "Anne Arundel's Towne" (after the wife of Lord Baltimore who died soon afterwards). The city became very wealthy through the slave trade.
From the middle of the 18th century until the American Revolutionary War, Annapolis was noted for its wealthy and cultivated society. Annapolis became the temporary capital of the United States after the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Congress was in session in the state house from November 26, 1783 to June 3, 1784, and it was in Annapolis on December 23, 1783, that General Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
In 1786, a convention, to which delegates from all the states of the Union were invited, was called to meet in Annapolis to consider measures for the better regulation of commerce; but delegates came from only five states (New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware), and the convention, known afterward as the "Annapolis Convention", without proceeding to the business for which it had met, passed a resolution calling for another convention to meet at Philadelphia in the following year to amend the Articles of Confederation. The Philadelphia convention drafted and approved the Constitution of the United States, which is still in force.
Notable People
John Shaw, created the American Flag
Charles Carroll, (1723–1783), Continental Congressman from Maryland
William Paca (1740–1799), signed the US Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland
Robert Duvall, actor, lived in downtown Annapolis
James M. Cain, journalist and crime writer
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Attractions
Annapolis Naval Academy
623 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard
Severa Park, MD 21146
410-647-5843
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41 State Circle, Suite 3
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-703-3475
Annapolis web and print design
Maryland State Capital
State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21146
410-647-5220
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