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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, State of. (search)
the Revolutionary War. The revolution in England (1678) shook the colony. The deputy governor hesitated to proclaim William and Mary, and a restless spirit named Coode made this a pretext for exciting the people by giving currency to a story that the local magistrates and the Roman Catholics were about to join the Indians and exterminate the Protestants. The old religious feud instantly flamed out with intensity. The armed Protestants, led by Coode, took forcible possession of the capital of the province (September, 1689), and assumed the administration of the government. They called a convention, invested it with legislative functions, and by that bodyhilip Calvert1662 to 1676 Charles Calvert1677 to 1680 Thomas Notley1681 to 1689 Charles, Lord Baltimore1681 to 1689 Under the English government (Royal). John Coode and the Protestant association1690 to 1692 Sir Lionel Copley1692 to 1693 Francis Nicholson1694 to 1695 Nathaniel Blackstone1696 to 1702 Thomas Trench1703 to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
ith William Joseph as president, appointed by Lord Baltimore, govern the province during his absence in England......1685 Deputies failing to proclaim William and Mary rulers in the province, a convention of Protestants (termed Associators), John Coode at the head, assembles for the defence of the Protestant religion, and asserting the rights of King William and Queen Mary to the province of Maryland and all English dominions......April, 1689 Associators move upon St. Mary's and the council abandons the State-house and provincial records to them. President Joseph and the council retiring to a fort upon the Patuxent, Coode marches upon them with several hundred men, to whom they surrender, leaving the Associators masters of the situation......July 25, 1689 King William approves the motives of the Associators in taking up arms against Lord Baltimore's government, and authorizes them to continue in power......Feb. 1, 1690 Sir Lionel Copley appointed royal governor of Maryla