1 The number 420 is not police radio code for anything, anywhere. ( 2 Checks of criminal codes suggest that the origin is neither Californian nor federal. 3  For instance, California Penal Code 420 defines as a misdemeanor the hindrance of use of public lands.). 4  There are approximately 420 active chemicals in marijuana.
By the late 1600âs, economic conditions in England improved, and fewer people came to Maryland as indentured servants. By the 1690s, planters found that they could earn more money if they did not have to pay laborers. So, planters turned to slave labor.
Virginia. Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord of Baltimore, founded Maryland in 1632. Cecilâs father, George Calvert had received a royal charter for the land from King Charles I. The new colony was named after Henrietta Maria, the wife the king. In November of 1633, about 200 Catholic settlers led by Cecilâs younger brother boarded the ships ARK and DOVE, and set sail for Marieâs Land (later Maryland).