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马里兰日 (Maryland Day),1634年3月25日
你知道马里兰以及它的首府巴尔的摩、是因何得名的吗?每年的3月25日,马里兰人会庆祝这个值得纪念的日子,英王查尔斯一世在1634年的这一天,派巴尔的摩公爵前来,这是英格兰前来的第一位殖民者,踏上这块土地的日子。他以国王的妻子,贺妮瑞塔.玛莉亚,或是玛丽,来为这块土地命名。巴尔的摩公爵将此处开采出的金银矿等收益,与国王分享,以取得这里的统治权,付了多久,就统治多久。谁又到了这块新的殖民地呢?
Do you know how Maryland and the city of Baltimore got their names? On March 25, Marylanders celebrate Maryland Day to honor the arrival of the first colonists to the land King Charles I of England chartered to Lord Baltimore in 1634. He named the land after the King's wife, Henrietta Maria, or Mary. Lord Baltimore had almost complete control over the colony as long as he paid the King a share of all the gold or silver discovered on the land. Who came to this new colony?
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