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hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I loved James Burke's Connections programs, one of the many that inspired me to a life in science. For those too young or at the time disinterested - here's a taster:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcOb3Dilzjc
Dr Hannah Fry recently did something similar (or did she?) with the Secret genius of modern life:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...ecret-genius-of-modern-life-review-bank-cards
Anyhow, I'll get to the point...It wasn't just the science, but the interconnection of apparently random events and how they shaped the world that was the interesting bit. I was reminded of this in an extract from a book about the history of cider making of all things....
In short, to pay for the 7 years war under George III (a debt of £4.7million remaining) the de-facto Prime minister needed to raise some readies quickly. For that he decided unwittingly to tax Cider with the Cider Bill of 1763. Much of the issue surrounded the new and draconian rights of the Excise men to forcefully enter properties to tax all therin even for consumption. 3 years later after a lot of serious rioting in the SW this plan was abandoned.
The next plan to raise readies was the 'Stamp Tax' of 1764 and raise the money from the colonies instead of Cider drinkers.
This didn't go down well across the pond - Taxation without Representation' fuelled resentment about London especially the powers of excisemen ultimately lead to the American War of Independence and the 4th amendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"
Of course it's a little more complicated than that, but I like the thread of how rebellion among the Cider drinkers of the South West led to an altogether different kind of revolution, a wold changing revolution across the pond. Connections....
So - give us any other stories of how one thing led to another and the unintended consequences or spin-offs arising!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcOb3Dilzjc
Dr Hannah Fry recently did something similar (or did she?) with the Secret genius of modern life:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...ecret-genius-of-modern-life-review-bank-cards
Anyhow, I'll get to the point...It wasn't just the science, but the interconnection of apparently random events and how they shaped the world that was the interesting bit. I was reminded of this in an extract from a book about the history of cider making of all things....
In short, to pay for the 7 years war under George III (a debt of £4.7million remaining) the de-facto Prime minister needed to raise some readies quickly. For that he decided unwittingly to tax Cider with the Cider Bill of 1763. Much of the issue surrounded the new and draconian rights of the Excise men to forcefully enter properties to tax all therin even for consumption. 3 years later after a lot of serious rioting in the SW this plan was abandoned.
The next plan to raise readies was the 'Stamp Tax' of 1764 and raise the money from the colonies instead of Cider drinkers.
This didn't go down well across the pond - Taxation without Representation' fuelled resentment about London especially the powers of excisemen ultimately lead to the American War of Independence and the 4th amendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"
Of course it's a little more complicated than that, but I like the thread of how rebellion among the Cider drinkers of the South West led to an altogether different kind of revolution, a wold changing revolution across the pond. Connections....
So - give us any other stories of how one thing led to another and the unintended consequences or spin-offs arising!
