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The soldiers were tried in Boston and won acquittal, thanks, in part, to their defense attorney, John Adams. News of the Boston Massacre spread quickly through the new resistance communication networks, aided by a famous engraving initially circulated by Paul Revere, which depicted bloodthirsty British soldiers with …

They also hoped to find a Northwest Passage or sail- ing route to the Orient for trade. Other motives, as expressed by the Virginia Company’s first charter, were to prevent the spread of Spanish colonies, to spread Protestant Christianity (and limit Spanish Catholicism), and to convert the Virginia Indians.

How was oil viewed until the late 1850’s? It was an annoyance.

On December 5, 1933 Prohibition was abolished with the passing of the ____st Amendment. 1. The year 1900 marked the dawn of the greatest CONSUMER boom the world has ever seen. This would not have happened without the discover of oil, also known as “Black GOLD.”

The Lucas gusher blew on January 10, 1901, and ushered in the liquid fuel age. Unfortunately for Higgins, he’d lost his ownership stake by that point. Beaumont became a “black gold” boomtown, its population tripling in three months.

In the states with the greatest amounts of oil reserves, those effects can be tremendous. The oil and natural gas industry supports nearly 25 percent of the economies of Texas and Wyoming, much more than the 6.8 percent it supports on a national scale.

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Why the Phrase ‘Black Gold’? This is because when crude oil is extracted from the land it is black in color. This resource is compared to gold due to its valuable properties and worth too. Crude oil is jet black before purification but after purification, it turns golden in color; therefore, it’s tagged as Gold.

Crude Oil is also known as Black Gold. The word ‘Black’ because of its appearance when it comes out of the ground and the term ‘Gold’ for of its rarity and utility associated with it.

Black gold is an informal term for oil or petroleum—black because of its appearance when it comes out of the ground, and gold because it made everyone involved in the oil industry rich.

Coal is called black gold because it is black in colour and it is costly too. It is used in wide range of industrial applications and creates a positive impact on the economic development of the country. Thus it’s value is compared with that of Gold.

Coal is known as Black diamond because coal is a basic need in India for the thermal power plants. The thermal power plants produce more than half of the energy requirement of India. Coal is also used as domestic fuel but the main use of coal in thermal power industries.

Black diamonds are extremely rare and have been coveted by royalty and celebrities over the last century and a half. Though no evidence exists, King Louis XVIII boasted about his collection of these rare coal colored stones. Are black diamonds real? They are, but they are extremely rare.

Coal—Our Black Diamonds.

It is also not a metal like gold. It is called black gold simply due to its commercial value. Coal is also black and a common source of fuel but the term ‘black gold’ is not used for coal, it is used for petroleum.

There’s no such thing. There is plenty of jewelry on the market that looks like it is made from black gold, and plenty of sellers on the internet advertising their black gold pieces, but black gold is not a natural metal. There is gold that has been blackened, however.

Hot, spicy and pungent is what comes to mind when you think of the ‘sneeze-inducing’ spice called Black Pepper. Highly regarded in the spice trade since the past 4000 years, it derived its name as Black Gold for its usage as a commodity back then. Black Pepper finds its humble origins along the Malabar Coast of India.

Petroleum is referred to as Black Gold. This name itself is an indication of its importance to humans. It is called black gold because. It is black in colour when crude oil is extracted from the soil.

(i) Petroleum or crude oil is called black gold and it is formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived in the sea millions of years ago. The dead remains along with the silt which settled in the sea bed are attacked by bacteria and got converted to crude oil and gas under high pressure conditions.

In recent years black pepper has been recognized by its producers, traders, and consumers in the international trade market. International recognition has contributed to the increased prices of this pepper flavor. Black pepper, unlike green ones, requires more time in the garden to ripen.

Pepper was used by the Greeks, Romans and Chinese for medicinal purposes. In medieval times it was used as currency, at times worth more than gold or silver. And the pepper trade, with its substantial import duties, contributed mightily to the treasury of a fledgling United States in the early 19th century.

Pepper was well known and used in India, all way back in 2000 BC. So valuable was black pepper that it was actually used as currency for a while, and often named ‘black gold’. As Europe was pretty devoid of any spices, pepper became a luxury that could enhance a mostly bland dish.

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Black Pepper is considered the ‘king of spices’ and rightfully so. Unlike its perennial companion, salt, which is easily available in any nook and corner of the world, the black pepper owes its origins to Kerala – a state in South India.

India contributes 75% of global spice production.

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