here's the thing about Maryland:
1. It's the best
2. No one dislikes Marylanders more than other Marylanders (did I mention I had to intervene in an altercation between two moms on the sidelines of a U9 soccer game this weekend?)
3. Despite #2 I'll defend Maryland to the death
Sorry I'm too busy securing my global empire and fighting the French to bother with a colony that produces nothing except genocide and slaves. What do you thinks gonna happen? Someone is gonna invent the cotton gin and turn the US into an economic powerhouse? Hah, unlikely