马里兰州(Maryland)是美国50个州中倒数第9的小州,但在历史不长的美国却又是一个相对较有历史地位的州。它是17世纪初期英国移民的首选地,其优良自然港、富饶的土地及宗教的自由吸引了大批因宗教迫害离开欧洲的移民,而后又在美国独立战争和内战中扮演了重要的角色。巴尔的摩(Ba Maryland is the penultimate nineteenth in the 50 states of the United States, but in the less historic United States it is a relatively historic state. It was the first choice of British immigrants in the early 17th century. Their fine natural harbor, abundant land and religious freedom attracted a large number of immigrants who left Europe for religious persecution, and later played an important role in the American Revolutionary War and civil war. Baltimore