Sentences with 'rum'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rum and other words derived from it.
• « The result was refined sugar, while the leftover molasses could be distilled into rum. Each step was laborious and often dangerous. »
• « The 1733 Act imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on raw sugar, rum and molasses from British competitors, the French and the Dutch, in order to give an advantage to British producers in the West Indies. »
• « In 1791, Congress had authorised a tax of 7.5 cents per gallon on whiskey and rum. Although most citizens paid without incident, trouble erupted in four western Pennsylvania counties in an uprising known as the Whiskey Rebellion. »
• « Jefferson also believed in fiscal austerity. He pushed for - and Congress approved - an end to all internal taxes, such as those on whiskey and rum. »