Download or read book Colonial Liquor Laws, Vol. 2 written by G. Thomann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Colonial Liquor Laws, Vol. 2: Part II. Of Liquor Laws of the United States; Their Spirit and Effect The laws of the different colonies derived their peculiar spirit and form from the characteristics, circumstances, man ners and habits of the people for whom they were designed; hence an historical outline of the colonial liquor-laws would not have been complete, perhaps not even intelligible, without a brief description of the economic condition, domestic affairs and social habits of the people. Paradoxical as it may seem, this essential condition of completeness greatly simplifies the author's task. It follows from what has been said, that the greater the similarity, in the points indicated, between the people of any colonies, the greater, also, the sameness of their laws. This is true to such an extent that the liquor-laws of Massachusetts, for example, may fairly be presented as types of those of the other New England colonies - Rhode Island, perhaps, excepted. The social habits, resources, economic conditions and surroundings of the New England people, so far as they bear on the present subject, being very nearly the same, it would have been unwise, because superfluous, to give as detailed an account of each one of these colonies as of Massachusetts. Bearing this in mind, the reader will under stand not only the plan of this book, but also the obvious dis proportion between its several parts. He will find a reasonably complete historical outline of the origin, spirit and effects of the liquor-laws, as well as of the habits and circumstances of the people of massachusetts, virginia, new york, N EW jersey and pennsylvania; and will readily perceive that in regard to Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, the Caro linas and Georgia, the author has endeavored to avoid repeti tions, by confining his review to the particular features in which the laws of the latter colonies differed from those of the former. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.