Independently corroborates the trade-disruption and national-identity components without establishing their relative weights.
The passage links wartime trade disruption to production change and political-cultural meaning.
Theobald states that the British blockade interrupted molasses trade, led many New England rum distillers to convert their operations, and helped whiskey acquire a patriotic identity as a spirit made in America from American grain.
End of paragraph
Paragraph beginning “The Revolution meant…”
Main article narrative
Blockade, molasses-trade interruption, distillery conversion, and patriotic-identity statements checked on 2026-08-26.
Verified paraphrase linking Revolution-era trade disruption, production conversion, and patriotic identity.
Evidence
Theobald states that the British blockade interrupted molasses trade, led many New England rum distillers to convert their operations, and helped whiskey acquire a patriotic identity as a spirit made in America from American grain.
Location and context
Main article narrative, paragraph beginning “The Revolution meant…,” through the end of the paragraph. The passage connects an Atlantic supply shock with both production change and political-cultural meaning.
Annotation
Independently supports the trade-disruption and national-identity components of CLM-47 without assigning their relative causal weights.