About Saint John's College

Annapolis (/əˈnæpəlɪs/ (listen) ə-NAP-ə-lis) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as capably as the county chair of Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 25 miles (40 km) south of Baltimore and virtually 30 miles (50 km) east of Washington, D.C., Annapolis is allocation of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. Its population was measured at 38,394 by the 2010 census.

This city served as the seat of the Confederation Congress (former Second Continental Congress) and drama national capital of the United States in 1783–1784. At that time, General George Washington came before the body convened in the further Maryland State House and resigned his commission as commander of the Continental Army. A month later, the Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War, with Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States. The city and declare capitol was furthermore the site of the 1786 Annapolis Convention, which issued a call to the states to send delegates for the Constitutional Convention to be held the behind year in Philadelphia. Over 220 years later, the Annapolis Peace Conference was held in 2007. Annapolis is the home of St. John’s College, founded 1696; the United States Naval Academy, established 1845, is neighboring the city limits.