The History of Chocolate Flashcard

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What did the inhabitants of Central America use cacao beans for centuries before the 'discovery' of the New World?

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As a form of currency

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Who was served xocoatl, a chocolate drink, by the Aztec emperor Montezuma?

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Hernan Cortes

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What exciting thing did Cortez bring back to Spain in 1528?

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Cocoa

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What did the Spaniards add to the bitter Aztec delicacy to make it a favorite among Spanish nobility?

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Cane sugar

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Who introduced chocolate to the royal court of France in 1615?

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Queen Isabella

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What were the coffee houses in London known as?

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Penny universities

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Imagine Olivia, Arjun, and Evelyn time-travelled to the era of chocolate houses in London. What delicacy do you think they would enjoy the most?

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Chocolate cakes

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What did Benjamin Franklin include among a regiment's essential provisions during the French and Indian War?

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120 pounds of chocolate

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In a 1785 letter to John Adams, what did Thomas Jefferson applaud for its 'superiority'?

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Chocolate

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What ensured that chocolate would be widely available and affordable in the industrial nineteenth century?

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Improved ways of making it