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{{short description|Historical event in Great Britain}}
[[Image:William Hogarth - Gin Lane.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Gin Lane]]'' by [[William Hogarth]], 1751; it depicts what was by then considered a "drug crisis".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allred |first=Nicholas |date=2021 |title=Mother Gin and the Bad Examples: Figuring a Drug Crisis, 1736–51 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ecf.33.3.369 |journal=Eighteenth-Century Fiction |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=369–392 |doi=10.3138/ecf.33.3.369 |issn=0840-6286}}</ref>]]
The '''Gin Craze''' was a period in the first half of the 18th century when the consumption of [[gin]] increased rapidly in
Parliament passed five major Acts, in 1729, 1736, 1743, 1747 and 1751, designed to control the consumption of gin.
==Increased consumption of gin==
Gin was popularised in England following the accession of [[William III of England|William of Orange]] in 1688.
Economic protectionism was a major factor in beginning the Gin Craze; as the price of food dropped and income grew, consumers suddenly had the opportunity to spend excess funds on spirits.
==Gin Acts of 1736 and 1751==
{{Main|Gin Act 1751}}
The British government tried a number of times to
By 1743, England was drinking 2.2 [[Imperial (UK) gallon#Measures of volume|gallons]] (10 litres) of gin per person per year. As consumption levels increased, an organised campaign for more effective legislation began to emerge, led by the [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]], Thomas Wilson,
The Gin Craze began to diminish after the [[Gin Act 1751]]. This Act lowered the annual licence fees, but encouraged
==See also==
* [[Dipsomania]]
* [[Dutch courage]] – One version of the history states that [[jenever]] (or Dutch gin) was used by English soldiers for its calming effects before battle.
* [[Prohibition#United Kingdom|Prohibition in the United Kingdom]]
==References==
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*Fielding, Henry, ''An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers and Related Writings,'' ed. Malvin R. Zirker (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)
*M. Dorothy George, ''London Life in the Eighteenth Century'' (1925; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1992)
*Jessica Warner, ''Craze:
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080202074611/http://culturalshifts.com/archives/168 Elise Skinner, "The Gin Craze: Drink, Crime & Women in 18th Century London"], Cultural Shifts
*[https://books.google.
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110102193349/http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html
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