Gin Act 1736 information

Spirit Duties Act 1735 (commonly known as the Gin Act 1736) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain establishing a retail tax on gin and annual licenses...

British government tried a number of times to restrict the flow of gin. The Gin Act 1736 taxed retail sales at a rate of 20 shillings a gallon on spirits...

Gin Act may refer to: Gin Act 1736 Gin Act 1743 Gin Act 1751 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gin Act. If an internal...

The Sale of Spirits Act 1750 (commonly known as the Gin Act 1751) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (24 Geo. 2. c. 40) which was enacted in...

Prison, and lynches him. September 29 – The Gin Act 1736 goes into effect, placing a steep tax on the sale of gin and license requirements for its sale, with...

epithet mother's ruin is a common British name for gin, the origin of which is debated. The Gin Act 1736 imposed high taxes on retailers and led to riots...

Spirits Act 1742 (commonly known as the Gin Act 1743) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (16 Geo. 2. c. 8) repealing the Gin Act 1736 in favour...

apparent that copious gin consumption was causing social problems, efforts were made to control the production of the spirit. The Gin Act 1736 imposed high taxes...

drinking establishments in London, half were gin-shops. The Gin Act 1736 imposed a prohibitively high duty on gin, but this caused rioting, and so the duty...

arrested comrades 1743: Riots against Gin Taxes and other legislation to control the Gin Craze, principally the Gin Act 1736; rioting was fuelled by consumption...

was returned again in 1727 and 1734. He sponsored the Mortmain Act and the Gin Act 1736, and was noted for his opposition to intoxication, which annoyed...

Prison, and lynches him. September 29 – The Gin Act 1736 goes into effect, placing a steep tax on the sale of gin and license requirements for its sale, with...

active in the movement to promote the Gin Act 1736. He wrote a number of anonymous tracts against the consumption of gin and distilled spirits, most notably...

and hangs him to death. 29 September – Gin Act 1736 comes into effect in an attempt to curtail consumption of gin. c. October – Winchester County Hospital...

immigrants providing cheap labour. Parliament passes the Gin Act 1736 in an attempt to curb the Gin Craze. 1737 2 March: Samuel Johnson and his former pupil...

Gin Act 1751. Hogarth's friend, the magistrate Henry Fielding, may have enlisted Hogarth to help with propaganda for the Gin Act; Beer Street and Gin...

Bow Street's first magistrate; he was known for having enforced the Gin Act in 1736, and, with Sir John Gonson, Henry Fielding, and John Fielding, was...

on the West African coast between 1736 and 1851. Its connecting and navigable lakes, creeks and inland lagoons acted as a means to facilitate trade and...

the so-called Gin Epidemic. While the negative effects of that phenomenon may have been exaggerated, Parliament passed legislation in 1736 to discourage...

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Hogarth. In common with other prints by Hogarth, such as Beer Street and Gin Lane, The Four Stages of Cruelty was issued as a warning against immoral...

Congregation painting (1728) print (1736) [140] Scholars at a Lecture (1736) [143] The Company of Undertakers (1736) [144] Three Ladies in a Grand Interior/...

Humanitarian Interventions. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-032773-1. Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East...

the cotton industry in the Deep South after the invention of the cotton gin greatly increased demand for slave labor, and the Southern states continued...

established the ranchería (small rural settlement) of Arizona between 1734 and 1736 in the current Mexican state of Sonora. It became notable after a significant...