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In 1775 the first naval battle of the Revolutionary War occurred off the coast of Machias and Benedict Arnold marched a band of revolutionaries through Maine in a valiant but doomed attempt at capturing Quebec City and Montreal. <ref>http://www.mainehistory.info/timeline.html</ref>
In 1775 the first naval battle of the Revolutionary War occurred off the coast of Machias and Benedict Arnold marched a band of revolutionaries through Maine in a valiant but doomed attempt at capturing Quebec City and Montreal. <ref>http://www.mainehistory.info/timeline.html</ref>
==Becoming a State==
After the Revolutionary War, settlers on what was then a frontier area resented being ruled from 'away' in Boston and campaigned for separation from Massachusetts.
Politically powerful merchants resisted the separation movement until after the 1812 War, when Massachusetts proved unable or unwilling to protect Mainers against the British.
Maine eventually became the 23rd State under the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Maine's position as a free state balanced Missouri's entry as a slave state the following year. The state constitution was
rooted in political independence, religious freedom and popular control of government.
William King, who served as president of the Constitutional Convention, was a shipbuilder and merchant from Bath. He subsequently became Maine's first governor.
At first Portland was the state capital, but in 1832 the capital was moved to Augusta because of its more central location. <ref>http://www.maine.gov/portal/facts_history/</ref>
==Notable people from Maine==
==Notable people from Maine==