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    Sherman forwarded that assault on the Mississippi state capital in Jackson. The two armies involved at the Battle of Vicksburg were the Union Army of Tennessee and the Confederate Army of Mississippi. The Confederate Army consisted of roughly 33,000 men and was under the command of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, who was a native of Pennsylvania and had chosen to fight for the Confederacy. The Union Army consisted of roughly 77,000 men and, as previously stated, was under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. This battle would last just shy of 2 months, officially starting on May 18, 1863 and ending July 4, 1863 with many wounded and killed and in the fighting (Wikipedia,…

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    9. 1886: First Coca-Cola Coca-Cola was sold for the very first time for five cents on May 8, 1886, in Atlanta, Georgia. Coca-Cola was created by the pharmacist John Pemberton at Jacobs Pharmacy. The history of Coca-Cola is important to Georgia, given a brand of soft drinks made right in the city of Atlanta that has and may well always flourish. Uniquely, Coca-Cola will always be history. 10. 1912: Girl Scout The Girl Scout movement was founded when 18 girls held their first meeting at the home…

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    Coca Cola Summary

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    The history of Coca-Cola its began in 1886 by a pharmacist Dr. John S. Pemberton from Atlanta U.S. He creates a characteristic tasting soft drink. Dr. John S. Pemberton create a syrup for his pharmacy and accidentally that syrup was mixed with carbonated water and at that moment Coca-Cola soft drink was created. Everyone in his neighborhood that tried that syrup liked it very much. The partner and bookkeeper Frank M. Robinson create the name and the designing that is still used today. The…

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    Eberhard Anheuser, German-born American cofounder, is known to Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., one of the largest breweries in the world. He wad born on September 27, 1806 in Kreuznach Germany and died on May 2, 1880. In the mid-1800s, an extensive quantities of German foreigners touched base to St. Louis, basically because of political changes in Germany and Bohemia in 1848. With the vast movement of Germans to St. Louis, soon the chief business in the zone was brewing beer. Eberhard left…

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    Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when the enthusiasm of an Atlanta medicate authority, Dr. John S. Pemberton, drove him to make an unmistakable tasting pop that could be sold at pop wellsprings. He made a prepared syrup, took it to his neighborhood tranquilize store, where it was mixed with carbonated water and considered "heavenly" by the people who analyzed it. Dr. Pemberton's accessory and assistant, Prospective M. Robinson, is credited with naming the drink "Coca‑Cola" and furthermore…

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    Coke Imperialism

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    government also sent several samples of the products to labs for testing. Coca Cola questioned the testing methods arguing that it was flawed. The dispute lasted for three years. Introduction: Coca-Cola, said to be the No. 1 Brand in the world has been flourishing in the soft drink industry for over 100 years. However, despite their success they have come across a number crisis along the way. One such crisis happened on August 5, 2003, when the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) issued a…

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    The diaper, also known the nappy in South Africa, Ireland, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Zimbabwe) is an undergarment that allows a stool or urine. In 1956, Procter & Gamble began to study the disposable diaper. Mills (reference year), who is a general chemist engineer at Procter & Gamble also grandfather, frequently changed, washed and dried his grandson’s wet cotton cloths. So, in order to make easier this job he invented producing diapers that was trademarked as "Pampers".…

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    It is believed that the first sugar cane was used by a man in Polynesia.9 In 510 BC the Emperor Darius (of what was then Persia) had invaded India where he had found, “a reed which gives honey without bees.”9. But of course it’s not 100% proven that this is true. Officially, Sucrose was discovered in India in 6 century AD by boiling cane juice.1 In 1747 Andreas Sigismund Marggra (A German scientists) was examining sugar beets when he discovered sucrose.1 Later in 1802, Franz Achard (who was a…

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    Straws are one of the most overlooked items around our houses, but have you ever stopped to think about them? It all started when Leonard Wooley discovered a straw type item in the tomb of Queen Puabi from a Sumerian City. They were made of 5000 years ago with gold and lapis lazuli. It was used for drinking beer without swallowing dregs or chunks. Later in history, Argentina invented the bombilla according to the article, “The History of Drinking Straws.” These metallic objects were used as…

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    Many people who live in the United States appreciate the Constitution as well as the supreme power of the government to regulate things. Daniel Webster was an influential man when it came to the authority of the federal government. He voiced his response to Vice President John C. Calhoun after the state of South Carolina resisted the Tariff of 1828 because they believed that it would raise the cost of importing manufactured goods that would benefit the Northern States. The state of South…

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