There were two concentrated periods of canal building, from 1759 to the early 1770’s and from 1789 to almost the end of the eighteenth century. In the first period, canals were built to serve the heavy industry of the north and midlands. The first British canal to follow a totally…
In 1789, Congress created three Executive Departments: Foreign Affairs (later in the same year renamed State), Treasury, and War. It also provided for an Attorney General and a Postmaster General. Domestic matters were apportioned by Congress among these departments. The federal government has 15 executive departments (including Defense, State, Justice,…
Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the U.S. Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. What are the 5 founding documents? 1 The Constitution. Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the U.S. Constitution is the world’s… 2…
On the political spectrum, the party is generally seen as left-wing. The GPUS was founded in 2001 as the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) split from the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA). The Australian Greens was formed as a national political party in 1992 by a group of independent Greens…
The schooner Clotilda (often misspelled Clotilde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859 or July 9, 1860, with 110 kidnapped African men, women, and children. ### When did African slaves enter America? The arrival…
The first popular mass-produced unibody car came in 1928 from DKW (now Audi) with a fabric-covered wood frame. Today, Audi builds cars with an aluminum ’ spaceframe’. By the 1960s, unibody construction in passenger cars had become common, and the trend to unibody for passenger cars continued over the ensuing…
WHOPPERS Malted Milk Balls first rolled onto the candy scene in 1939 as Giants, produced by the Overland Candy Company. In 1949, Leaf Brands reintroduced the candy into the market as WHOPPERS. In 1939, the Overland Candy Company introduced the predecessor to Whoppers, a malted milk candy called Giants. Overland…
Men’s perukes, or periwigs, for the first time since ancient Egypt, came into widespread use in the 17th century, after Louis XIII began wearing one in 1624. By 1665 the wig industry was established in France by the formation of a wigmakers guild. The wig became a distinctive class symbol…
The xerographic process, which was invented by Chester Carlson in 1938 and developed and commercialized by the Xerox Corporation, is widely used to produce high-quality text and graphic images on paper. In 1949, Xerox Corporation introduced the first xerographic copier called the Model A. Defeating computer leader IBM, Xerox became…
When two boats under power converge, give way to the vessel approaching from the starboard side. If a vessel approaches one from their starboard (right) side, keep out of its way (If one or both vessels are sailboats then this rule may not apply). In this case, A is the…