So if St. Mary's City Disappeared Once Before, Why is it so Important Now? St. Mary's City claims a very important place in Maryland history. Many things happened there for the first time in Maryland, and they happened a long time ago. Maybe you have learned about some of them when you and your class studied Maryland History. Since you have learned a lot of information about Maryland's first capital, you are ready to create your own timeline of St. Mary's City Firsts. You are also ready to answer that question at the top of the page - Why is St. Mary's City so important now? In order to complete this Maryland Exploration, you will need to review all of the important things that happened for the first time at St. Mary's City. To help you take notes, you should use the Important Firsts Worksheet. To complete your timeline, you will need to visit the Significant Firsts web page from the Historic St. Mary's City Museum web site. Return to this page after you have viewed that web site and taken some notes. Using what you have learned in this Maryland Exploration, and from what you have read on the St. Mary's City web site, you're now ready to choose six of the events that you think were the most important and most interesting things that happened first at St. Mary's City. Then, you'll create a timeline of those events by putting these events in chronological order. Remember that chronological order means events in order from the oldest date (or the date that happened the longest time ago) to the most recent date. You can use events from the "Events of State Significance" or the "Events of National Significance" lists on the St. Mary's City web site to make your timeline, or you can use events that you have found out about through completing this Maryland Exploration. You might find you know a little bit more than you thought you did! After you have created your timeline, you're ready to write a short paragraph to answer the question Why is St. Mary's City so important now? Remember to use the information in your timeline to help you answer this question.