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286Alcohol was ubiquitous in post-Revolutionary America. Expensive wines and distilled spirits traveled through the channels of Atlantic trade; molasses was imported from the West Indies and distilled into rum in American port towns; and cider, beer, and whiskey were produced on a small scale everywhere in the countryside. Taverns were centers of social and political activity. Alcohol both mirrored and reinforced the economic and geographical divisions in American life.The Social Life of AlcoholWorking with EvidenceLOOKING AHEAD DBQ PRACTICEConsider trade and consumption of alcohol in the early republic and the ways in which taverns and alcohol helped unite people in some ways while differentiating or dividing them in others. Describe how tavern culture influenced social organization and how it reflected class differences in the early republic.DOCUMENT 1 A Philadelphia Merchant Advertises Many Kinds of Imported AlcoholThis advertisement illustrates the connections between the trade in alcohol and the Atlantic world. While cheap whiskey, cider, and beer were made in American homes, fine wines and spirits were articles of international trade.Source: James Newport%u2019s ad in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1790.JAMES NEWPORT, At his Wine, Spirit and Cordial Stores, in Second street, at the upper corner of Carter%u2019s alley, has, by Wholesale and Retail, MADEIRA, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga, Fayal, and Port Wines, Jamaica spirits, Antigua rum, Philadelphia ditto, Holland gin, Philadelphia ditto, very excellent, in cases, Coniac [sic] brandy, American ditto, good flavor, choice shrub. CORDIALS, &c. Anniseed water, clove water, all-fours, Cinnamon water, prime wine and rum colouring, wine bitters. Spirits of wine. Retail Stores and Tavern-keepers will in particular, find their interest in buying here, the articles being all the best in their kind, and selling at the most reduced prices. Philadelphia, April 30, 1790.Question to Consider: How did alcohol sales connect the colonies to the Atlantic world?Analyzing Historical Evidence: What perception of foreign alcohol products is depicted in the advertisement?%u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.