Show I 1 maryland in history the city of baltimore was founded in 1723 frederick in 1745 and georgetown in 1731 1751 maryland played achot an honorable part in the revolutionary war and in 1783 congress met tit at Ann annapolis apoll where on december 23 after the conclusion of peace washington resigned liis his commission as commander in ila chief in the war of 1812 the state the war of 1812 the state b buffered severely fort BI cHenry was bombarded by the E english fleet in september 1814 this battle being the occasion for alie writing of the star spangled banner by francis scott rey key |