The American Revolution was not caused by any one act of the British, instead it was a culmination of many things. ... The first tax to come was the sugar act. ... These said that all colonial ships were property of the crown, they forbid trade with the colonies, and said that all colonial sailors could be impressed into the royal navy if seized. ... Not only that, but other nations around the world followed America's lead, rising up on their own. ... It was with this that America truly united and became a nation, a nation formed on ideology and ideals rather than religious culture, or sh...

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Primary Documents: Wine in Greece and Rome Around the time 870 BCE King AShurnasirpal II of Assyria gave one of the greatest feasts in history marking the inauguration of his new capital at Nimrud. ... Timeline: Spirits in the Colonial Period 1300 (France)- Arnald of Villanova, a professor at the French medical school of Montpellier, who made the instructions for wine distillation. 1386 (France)- Charles II was struck with fever and paralysis, so they used distillation of wine as a medicine. 1405 (Ireland)- Richard MacRagh died after drinking the water of life to excess. 1478 (Germany)- F...

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