Maryland: Polity Style: 1776-2025

8 Nov 1776	the Constitution and Form of Government is approved, session of the Convention of the Delegates of Maryland [Maryland Conventions 1774-1776, 349]
8 Nov 1776 -	State of Maryland [1]
2 Feb 1781	the delegates of Maryland to the Continental Congress are authorized to sign the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union in accordance with an act passed by the House of Delegates 30 Jan 1781, passed by the Senate 2 Feb 1781, and signed into law by the Governor 2 Feb 1781 (Maryland House Journal, 1780, October Session, 111; Maryland Senate Journal, 1780, October Session, 51-52; Maryland Session Laws, 1780, October, Chap. XL; Continental Congress Journals, 19:138-140) [2]
1 Mar 1781	the delegates of Maryland to the Continental Congress signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, session of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Continental Congress Journals, 19:213)
1 Mar 1781	Maryland formed part of the United States upon the taking effect of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (Continental Congress Journals, 19:213-223)

The Constitution of 1776 did not explicitly change the name to the State of Maryland, but included these words in the oath of allegiance (Art. 55) and required that all public commissions and grants should be titled "The State of Maryland, &c." (Art. 57); the change is also reflected in the journals of the Council of Safety (title of the volume starting 6 Jul 1776: "At a Meeting of the Council of Safety for the Province of Maryland at the City of Annapolis on Saturday the Sixth Day of July 1776"; volume starting 12 Nov 1776: "At a Meeting of the Council of Safety of the State of Maryland at the City of Annapolis on Tuesday the twelfth of November Anno Domini 1776.")
Full title: An act to empower the delegates of this State in Congress to subscribe and ratify the Articles of Confederation.