Drinking In Colonial America Analysis

The growth of the United States of America is unquestionable over the past couple of centuries, and the reason being is due to the strength of the constitution that was established by the founding fathers, and other leaders that shaped this country. Individuals traveling from Europe brought over their traditions and philosophical knowledge to enhance their way of life.
During the colonial days, individuals would use alcohol as a cure rather than a drink that causes
Intoxication. According to the article “drinking in colonial America” by Ed Crews, he states that alcohol was more like a hobby rather than just a drink. In the article, the author is talking about how everyone, including our founding fathers started their day with a drink. Of course everyone had their preferences, however, it seems more

like something that keeps you energized throughout the day due to its effects. It is very surprising that individuals in colonial America would start their day with a “pick me up” and it would usually end with a put it down throughout the day. According to one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Russ, referred to alcohol as a disease. Ed describes how alcohol was very helpful for individuals to stay warm due to the weather difference between the colonial America and the United Kingdom. Also he describes that alcohol was used as a medicine, such as to cure colic, laryngitis, and even helping women to give birth. Since water back in the day was taken out of the river, and has taken many colonists lives they substituted the water with alcohol as a measure to remain healthy.
The founding fathers have a strong sense of how a country should be governed.

James Madison, who would later become the 4th president of the United States, wrote the paper that affected the nation for decades to come. In the Constitution, there is the idea of a government that is divided up in two parts, the Senate, and the Representatives of each state (Article 1 section 1). This split was a very good step strategically, because one individual in another state running a whole country would not be able to give direct orders to others due to distance and miscommunication. However, splitting the politicians into groups and having them each represent the ideas of a specific state would help to keep order in that particular state. The Second section of the article states that the people are able to vote for new representatives every two years. To keep the ideas of the individuals in the state satisfied, knew blood should enter the table of representatives. People may not like one representative and vote someone else in with more passion, and virtue than the predecessor. This not only keeps the people happy, but also ensures for healthy communications between one

another.