Question

By the start of the 19th century, alcohol intoxication was no longer looked upon as a sign of religious ecstasy, but as

Answer 1

Explanation:A number of factors led to an explosion of alcohol consumption in the early 1800s. First, the British halted their participation in the American molasses/rum trade, objecting to its connections with slavery, while the federal government also began to tax rum in the 1790s.