Joseph Jekyll's opposition to the effects of this good was so unpopular that he had to have his house guarded at all times.
Joseph Jekyll's opposition to the effects of this good was so unpopular that he had to have his house guarded at all times. A series of bad harvests and the decreasing price of tea in the 1750's led to the decline of the use of this good. A 1736 act restricted the production of this good was repealed in 1743 due to its ineffectiveness and the cost of the War of Austrian Succession. For a penny, this good was sometimes dispensed through cat-shaped plaques, essentially the first (*) vending machines, mounted on exterior walls. This drink is contrasted with beer and is claimed to lead to poverty, suicide, corruption, and murder in a pair of prints by William Hogarth. For 10 points, what is this juniper-flavored drink, brought to popularity in Englanund after the Glorious Revolution and developed from Dutch jenever?
Joseph Jekyll's opposition to the effects of this good was so unpopular that he had to have his house guarded at all times.
gin