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What are gin’s ingredients?
alcohol + juniper berries & herbs
What were gin ingredients’ past use?
medicine
What are gin ingredients’ present use?
flavour
Who is responsible for the Gin Craze?
King William III
From where was the person responsible for the Gin Craze?
Holland
Where did the Gin Craze take place?
Britain
What drink was popular among British people before the Gin Craze?
French wine & brandy
What regulation was placed on British gin by the person responsible for the Gin Craze?
tax break
What regulation was placed on the foreign drink popular among British people by the person responsible for the Gin Craze?
tariff
What were the 2 conflicting nations during the Gin Craze?
British v.s. French
When does the person responsible for the Gin Craze regulate British gin and the foreign drink?
late 1600s
After regulation, how do British people tend to drink British gin?
in the same way as beer (big mug)
What are the causes of British gin abuse?
inexpensive production & purchase
What is the effect of British gin abuse?
excessive drunkenness
What are the movements that arise due to British gin abuse?
temperance organizations → government production licence control
What is 1 example of British gin production law after movements that arose due to British gin abuse?
Gin Act
When was “1 example of British gin production law after movements that arose due to British gin abuse” codified into law?
1751
What regulation was placed on British gin purchase from “1 example of British gin production law after movements that arose due to British gin abuse?”
excise tax
When is gin’s reputation restored?
1800s
What drink does Britain distribute that eventually leads to gin’s restored reputation?
quinine water
How does one get the drink distributed by Britain that eventually leads to gin’s restored reputation?
Tree bark
Why did Britain distribute the new drink that eventually leads to gin’s restored reputation?
anti-malaria
What does Britain do to make armies consume their new drink that eventually leads to gin’s restored reputation?
quinine water + gin & seltzer
What drink causes gin’s reputation to restore?
gin & tonic
What is rum’s main ingredient?
molasses
Of what is rum’s main ingredient a byproduct?
sugar
When did rum’s main ingredient rise in popularity?
late 1600s-1700s
Which people were brought over to produce rum?
African slaves
What did people bring over to produce rum?
work sugar plantation & distill molasses
Where were large sugar plantations created?
Caribbean colonies
Who owned the nations where large sugar plantations were created?
French & British
What’s 1 example of rum production within the mercantilist triangle in Canada?
Caribbean colony → France, but some stayed in Canada
What was the past name of the storage facility in the “example of rum production within the mercantilist triangle in Canada?”
Louisburg
What is the present name of the storage facility in the “example of rum production within the mercantilist triangle in Canada?”
Fortress Rum
Where is the storage facility in the “example of rum production within the mercantilist triangle in Canada?”
Cape Breton
Who was legally entitled to daily rum consumption?
British & Canadian sailors
When did legally entitled daily rum consumption start?
1731
What was the legally entitled daily rum consumption quantity?
1 pint/1.5 people
2 pints/3 people
Where did daily rum come from?
Jamaica
When did legally entitled daily rum consumption stop?
1970s
On which country’s ships was one not allowed to drink?
America
Who discouraged rum production, eventually leading to the production of another drink?
Britain
Who was discouraged from rum production, eventually leading to the production of another drink?
America
What drink was created by people discouraged from rum production?
whiskey (bourbon)
Who was a Spanish royalty rum supplier & rum brand founder?
Facundo Bacardi
When did Spanish royalty start to be supplied by ‘a certain’ rum brand?
1880s
Where did the Spanish royalty rum supplier produce?
Cuba
What drink do American tourists want in Cuba?
Coca Cola
From where does the drink American tourists want in Cuba come?
Southern America
What drink does the rum brand founder create to please American tourists?
rum + coke = Coke Libra
When is the Cuban Revolution?
1950s
Who was the pre-Cuban Revolution government?
Batista
Who supported the pre-Cuban Revolution government?
America (criminals)
Who was the post-Cuban Revolution government?
Fidel Castro
What form of government was held post-Cuban Revolution?
Marxist
What does the post-Cuban Revolution government do?
nationalize distilleries without compensation to help economy
What does the rum brand founder do post-Cuban Revolution?
flee to Puerto Rico
Why did the rum brand founder go post-Cuban Revolution?
already diversified around Caribbean
What does ‘a certain’ rum brand seek from its home country?
distillery & compensation
Where is there a large expatriate Cuban community?
Florida
Where is there a large expatriate Puerto Rican community?
New Jersey
Who are some examples of people that have tried to lessen the Cuban embargo?
H.W. Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, Obama
What is the response to lessening the Cuban embargo from the expatriate Puerto Rican community?
don’t loosen the embargo until they return the property
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