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(1770s-1780s)
Calvert County History (continued from page 17)
Calvert Countians Participate in the Continental Congress in 1774
Calvert County Contributes to a State Militia
End of Proprietary Rule in Maryland
Militia Organized in Calvert County County to Protect It From Danger
War in the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay During the Revolution
Independence and Statehood for Maryland
Rezin Beall Considered Unpopular Leader
Calvert Countians Helped to Pay Price for Liberty
Calvert County Prepared for Invasion by Lord Cornwallis in 1777
New Maryland Government
Thomas Johnson, First Maryland Governor, was Born in Calvert County in 1732
Calvert County Contributed Heavily to Expenses of War
Calvert County Helped to Feed Troops in 1780
Thomas Johnson Succeeded by Thomas Sim Lee in 1779
Americans Vessels Blockaded in Patuxent River in 1780
British Burned and Destroyed Rousby Hall and Other Calvert County homes in 1780
Americans Captured British Vessel Off Patuxent Mouth in 1781
Benjamin Mackall’s Home Destroyed by British in 1783
State Constitution Drawn Up Beginning in 1784
Maryland Ratifies the Constitution in 1788
Thomas Gantt Helped Draft the Bill of Rights in 1789