alcohol prohibition Tag

On August 13, 1637, vice director Aldrichs of the New Amsterdam colony (now New York City) appealed to the board of directors to set a fixed price for beer. When taxes were finally imposed on beer, the citizens responded by refusing to help their colony when British ships arrived in the harbor a few years later. They failed to answer a call to arms and the British waltzed in. On October 31, 1715, the Mug House Riots broke out in England when two opposing political groups met in the same tavern. Their debate escalated into a fight that spilled into the streets and lasted for days. On September 10, 1731, six people were appointed by the city of London as…