Rum-running

prohibition no longer exists in Canada, it is still pertinent to most Canadians today. For instance, one long-term effect Prohibition has had on Canadians is the evolution of organized crime. There is no denying that Canadians played a big part on the rum-running business as they assisted Americans with a huge supply of liquor. As a matter of fact, these crimes committed during prohibition influenced gang and criminal society in Canada and around the world thus leading to the evolution of…

perspective, the protagonist, who is longing to arrive at the piano-bar. She is arriving with Daniel, the antagonist, who is in a sullen mood. The piano-bar is a place where many Haitians living in Quebec, Canada, congregate together to socialize, drink rum, dance, and most importantly, listen to music, both pre-recorded records of favorite groups, and live performances. “A summer twilight eternally preserved” (Dévieux, 73). Piano-bar is a place where memories are made, forever intertwined into…

In the book A History of the World in Six Glasses, the author Tom Standage, travels through time along the history of six different beverages. He devotes each section to a specific drink and provides its background and origin, revealing how most all of them were first used for medicinal purposes before they were used recreationally. Along with this, Standage describes significant historic events of civilization, oppression, intellect, imperialism, and globalization, and boldly states that the…

were a major impetus for this new Age of Exploration. Rum, specifically, was a key factor in the rise of European imperialism. The triangular trade between European countries like Great Britain, their colonies, and Africa. Rum and manufactured goods were shipped from Europe to Africa, slaves were sent to the New World, and the molasses and other crops they produced were shipped from the colonies to Europe. Since molasses is distilled to make rum, rum was an integral part of two legs of this…

interpretations of the smells and the treatment itself. He eventually dreams himself in a different time period of himself as part of the Motecas fighting against the Aztecs. It is implied where he may have died of a fever while being brutally hunted and running for his life by the Aztecs as a member of the Motecas. The narrator switches between two world: the realistic, modern world, and the cruel, savage past. One of the questions posed for the story is that whether chaos and order;…

As an obvious loyalist, Hutchinson believes more restraint is necessary to secure the control Britain is losing within the colonies. Ideas of governing themselves within the colonies has spread and has surpassed the parent states control. Most importantly he is saying moving in British soldiers will agitate the populous to a point of no return. The dependence on Britain is not seen by the people in Boston. The Liberty Song suggests they are slaves through taxes by parliament. This song is a…

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'”― Theodore Roosevelt (goodreads). The government had made the lives miserable for the citizens of the united states in fact(simple), many were disappointed by the nation’s leaders. They made it more about problems that weren't worth the nation's troubles(simple). There were people living in broken down homes with no food, clothes, or jobs, and to top it all off(complex), the government…

Organized Crime - How It Was Changed by Prohibition, University of Michigan, 2004, websites.umich.edu/eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/organizedcrime2.html. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024. The. Peck, Garrett. The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet. Rutgers University Press,…

impossible to patrol thousands of acres of land and sea borders. This shows that America had too few enforcement agents, only about 3,000, and it was easy for bootleggers and rum runners to make alcohol on land and sea. Another example from document D states that even the Congressmen are infringing the law, as there were bootleggers running up and down the halls, and Congressmen were showing up to work in a drunken state. This also shows that there was open drinking among some Congressmen, wich…

uncle “ Half Arrow gave him his tomahawk and the two set to work together, one cutting, one hacking. At the pain…” (Conrad, Richter pg. 83) True Son treats Elder Parson cruel when True Son is offered rum by making fun of white people and saying cruel things “my father told me why white people give rum to the Indian,” the boy answered. “Get indian drunk. Buy his fur cheap. Afterward Indian gets sober. Has no money. No furs, no nothing, hates white people. Kills them someday…” (Conrad, Richter pg.…