turn‚ were used to purchase African slaves‚ which were then brought on the sea lane west from Africa to the Americas‚ the so called middle passage. A classic example would be the trade of sugar from the Caribbean to Europe where it was distilled into rum. The profits from the sale of sugar were used to purchase manufactured goods‚ which were then shipped to West Africa‚ where they were traded for slaves. The slaves were then brought back to the Caribbean to be sold to sugar planters. The profits from
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Then three drummers begin to play syncopated rhythms. The attendees begin to dance around a tree in the center of the yard‚ moving faster and harder with the rising pulse of the beat. The priest draws sacred symbols in the dust with cornmeal‚ and rum is poured on the ground to honor the spirits. One woman falls to the ground‚ convulsing for a moment before she is helped back to her feet. She resumes the dance‚ moving differently now‚ and continues dancing for hours. It is perhaps no longer she who
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highway‚ and smugglers would enhance their cars’ speed to outrun police (Mueller). Rum also became widely popular and was smuggled from the Bahamas by William McCoy and his men who were known as “rum runners” (Mueller). This proved successful as the water route between the Bahamas and America was loosely guarded by the Coast Guard (“National”). However‚ the Coast Guard soon began to harshly enforce prohibition along popular rum running ports‚ making this illegal activity much more dangerous (“Bootlegging”)
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Stephany Coffman United States: 1919-1945 Historical Problems Paper #1 Woodrow Wilson has been described as “cold‚ aloof and often arrogant‚ but he was not all intellect.” By the time Wilson was elected governor of New Jersey he had never held a political office‚ and had never taken more than a theorist’s interest in politics. Wilson’s personal view on how the Presidential office should be run is to lead a country rather than to be lead. He believed that a president should act like a prime
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xThe topic in which we are currently learning is war poetry in WW1. Although wars have existed for millennia’s‚ WW1 was an especially destructive and horrible conflict‚ partly because of the endless digging and defending trenches‚ and partly because it involved machinery of destruction in the form of airplanes to tanks‚ artillery and poison gas. There were countless of soldiers who went to this war‚ Siegfried Sassoon was one of them. During this war‚ he had experienced the horrors of war‚ he had
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Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith 1 Comparison of Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith Steven M Garrett Axia College University of Phoenix Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians
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The definiTive ranking of The world’s million-case spiriTs brands 2012 The The June 2012 drinksint.com 3 welcome to the club here are clubs for ladies‚ for gentlemen‚ the gentry and the socially sedentary. Clubs where handshakes‚ back-slaps and ridiculous blazers maintain a cosy elitism. The Millionaires’ Club is not one of these clubs. Here we favour meritocracy over cronyism – if a spirits or liqueur brand sells a million 9-litre cases it’s in‚ if it doesn’t‚ it’s out. This year
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I know you are wondering‚ what is a mango?‚ What does a mango taste like?‚ and what is the texture of a mango like? Well I’m not because I know what one is‚ how it tastes and what the texture of one is like. That is why I’m writing you this letter to tell you a little bit about this mysterious fruit. At the end of this letter I am going to give you a few recipes that have mango in them so you can try some mango in styles and see how it can be used in so many different ways. A mango is a tropical
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True n false questions (1 point each) 18 Multiple choices (1 point each) 8 Short answers 4 Questions for 5 points each 3 Questions for 6 points each 2. True and false Gin‚ Tequila & Rum Cognac/ Armagnac & Whisky (T) The base ingredients for whisky‚ gin and vodka are grains. (T) The base ingredient for rum is sugar cane (F) The base ingredient for brandy such as the French Cognac or the French Armagnac is not grape (T) Calvados is a French dark spirit made from apple (T) Tequila is a Mexican
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The Trans-Atlantic Trade System refers to all of the trade done between Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean. Sugar‚ slaves‚ and spirits fueled the entire triangular trade. Slaves were exchanged from Africa for rum‚ rum was produced as a byproduct of sugar‚ sugar was grown by slaves in the Americas‚ and Europe developed manufactured goods to aid the production of sugar. All three continents and their exports fit together to form the Trans-Atlantic Trade System. Plantation systems
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