The angel tried in vain to allay her husband's excitement. This sweeping statement was not calculated to allay my discomfort. Nor did I seek to allay their wrath, knowing but too well that it was justified. It will be easy to excite passion and difficult to allay it.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) The Supreme Court case that defined the scope of the federal legislative power and the federal governmentâs relationship with state government authority. (Read the opinion here). The United States Congress incorporated a federal Bank of the United States through a legislative act.
In sharp contrast to the regions surrounding the Chesapeake Bay, which rest at and below sea level, these mountains rise thousands of feet above. Located in its western counties, the mountains of Maryland add to the geologic, geographic and historic diversity of the State. Hiker in Catoctin Mountain National Park near Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, April 2004. Photo by Elizabeth W. Newell. Located along the western boundaries of the early colonies, many of the States mountains and hills are named after explorers, settlers, or surveyors. As people moved west, the geography frequently was named after the first to arrive there, or the one who left the biggest mark.