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I found it pretty amusing to see how drunk our founding fathers were. I think being drunk played a huge role in the American revolution
by tayo42 5y ago
I found it pretty amusing to see how drunk our founding fathers were. I think being drunk played a huge role in the American revolution
- drewcoo 5y agoI'd love to see a drunk history about drunken Washington infecting his drunken troops with cowpox (sober cows).
- lupire 5y ago"When Britain taxed our TEA we got frisky/ Imagine what gon' happen when you try & tax our whiskey" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
- pseudolus 5y agoGoing back further, I'd love to know the source of the claim that the Mayflower was diverted from the mouth of the Hudson to Plymouth Rock because the ship was running low on beer. It seems like the sort of thing that would be more widely known.
- sdenton4 5y agoThe framing is a bit dubious, at the very least... The statement about 'preferring beer to water' ignores cholera, and the general difficult of keeping water potable over months at sea. Fermentation was, believe it or not, a public health strategy for ship voyages.
- cobaltoxide 5y agoReminds me of the article "Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13535868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13535868