Useful for explaining the rum-to-whiskey transition as a structural change rather than a sudden national preference.
The chapter connects beverage choice to imperial trade, war, and agricultural geography.
Colonial rum depended on British Caribbean molasses and trade. Taxes, blockades, wartime shortages, and the availability of domestic grain and frontier stills made whiskey a more accessible and politically resonant substitute.
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Chapter Two — Rye and Revolution
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Evidence
Colonial rum depended on British Caribbean molasses and trade. Taxes, blockades, wartime shortages, and the availability of domestic grain and frontier stills made whiskey a more accessible and politically resonant substitute.
Locator
Locator type: Page
Start: 29
End: 33
Source section: Chapter Two — Rye and Revolution
Context
The chapter connects beverage choice to imperial trade, war, and agricultural geography.
Annotation
Useful for explaining the rum-to-whiskey transition as a structural change rather than a sudden national preference.
Verification
Status: Verified
September 29 fresh audit: matched to supplied PDF sheets 29–33. These are PDF sheet numbers, not the print-edition pagination used in the index. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent historical/scientific corroboration.