Alcohol Use in the Early American Republic

Lectures in History

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4.1 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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University of California, Davis Professor Alan Taylor spoke on alcohol use in the early American republic. By 1830, annual alcohol consumption in America reached four gallons per person, the most in the history of the nation before or since. Professor Taylor talked about why Americans drank so much, the consequences of so much drinking, and how it spawned the temperance movement in the 1830s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.7	This week, a class on alcohol use in the early American Republic and how it spawned the temperance movement in the 1830s,
1:06.5	taught by University of California Davis Professor Alan Taylor.
1:10.6	This episode was recorded in 2014.
1:13.6	Okay.
1:14.6	Now, we've been talking in this class about the American Republic,
1:20.6	which is a radical experiment for its time.
1:25.6	There were very few republics in the world. And so this is a risky
1:31.2	venture because it expects a lot of people. In a monarchy, the duty of the people is essentially
1:39.1	to obey. But in a republic, the citizens must participate.
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