30 August 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 12 minutes© Carol M. Highsmith
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of
Maryland, as well as the
county seat of
Anne Arundel County. Situated on the
Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the
Severn River, 25 miles (40 km) south of
Baltimore and about 30 miles (50 km) east of
Washington, D.C., Annapolis is part of the
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. Its population was measured at 38,394 by the
2010 census. This city served as the seat of the
Confederation Congress (former Second
Continental Congress) and temporary national capital of the United States in 1783–1784. At that time, General
George Washington came before the body convened in the new
Maryland State House and
resigned his commission as commander of the
Continental Army. A month later, the Congress ratified the
Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the
American Revolutionary War, with
Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States. The city and state capitol was also the site of the
1786 Annapolis Convention, which issued a call to the states to send delegates for the
Constitutional Convention to be held the following year in
Philadelphia. Over 220 years later, the
Annapolis Peace Conference was held in 2007. Annapolis is the home of
St. John’s College, founded 1696; the
United States Naval Academy, established 1845, is adjacent to the city limits.
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