Rum was largely a product of British colonies in the Caribbean until the late 1700s, when rum distillers began cropping up in New England. As tensions rose, Britain began restricting the Colonies ...

Reviewed by Michael J Boyle What Is Mercantilism? Mercantilism is an economic policy designed to increase a nation's wealth through exports. It thrived in Great Britain between the 16th and 18th ...

Enslaved people were then taken via the ‘Middle Passage’ across the Atlantic for sale in the West Indies and North America. Finally, a cargo of rum and sugar taken from the colonies ...