Canton system In Canton system …Chinese and foreign merchants, especially British, in the South China trading city of Guangzhou (Canton) from the 17th to the 19th century. The major characteristics of the system developed between 1760 and 1842, when all foreign trade coming into China was confi...
U.S. state flag consisting of a striped red-white-red field (background) with a blue canton containing the state coat of arms surrounded by a circle of 13 white stars. The flag’s width-to-length ratio is 3 to 5.The so-called Bonnie Blue Flag—a white st
Natural history was at the heart of Victorian culture. The Victorians’ taste for natural history launched more or less short-lived fads, collecting bugs, seaweed, ferns, or shells. As scientific subjects were not studied at school in the Victorian period, women played a key part in the devel...
The Swiss Confederation emerged in the late thirteenth century from an alliance of three regions: the modern-day cantons Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. The so-calledBundesbriefof 1291 documents their alliance. In it the three regions pledge mutual support to keep internal order and to resist aggr...
removing the Confederate battle emblem. However, Georgia still has the stars and bars reference to the Confederacy. Georgia has its seal and the state motto, "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation," in a blue canton. State flag of Mississippi 1894 to 2020...
The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. Among its leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Little Rock Nine, Rosa Parks and many others.
years. In 1956, he won the Southern Racing Enterprises Modified championship while racing at Toccoa Speedway in Toccoa, GA, the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Banks County Speedway near Baldwin, GA, Gainesville Speedway in Gainesville, GA, as well as at tracks in Canton, Georgia and Dallas Georgia....
Created in 1857, the county was named for General Homer V. Milton (War of 1812), though some claim it was named for John Milton, first secretary of State of Georgia. The courthouse was demolished in 1955. The existing building is a replica of the historic courthouse. ...
Working with Canton Mills of Canton, Georgia, Lee developed the strongest and bluest denim in the market for durable work and western wear. Show more 1927 NEW TECHNOLOGYZipper Fly Lee was the first garment manufacturer to use a 'hookless fastener' in cowboy pants, overalls, coveralls and ...
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor, and Alberta Williams King, a former schoolteacher. Along with his older sister Christine and younger brother Alfred Daniel Williams, he grew up in the city’...