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= The History of Chocolate Michelle Sandler   Ms. McGann   Science 6-1 =

**Olmecs**
__Olmec culture__ __Olmec chocolate__ **Mayans and Aztecs** __Maya cacao__
 * 1) The Olmecs were mainly farmers and hunters. They cultivated cotton and tobacco.
 * 1) The Olmecs were the first people known to cultivate chocolate. They called chocolate kakawa.
 * 1) Chocolate powder drink

used to be drunk until about the early/mid-1800s __Chocolate Aztec currency__
 * Chocolate used to just be a drink made up of cacao powder/paste. (Below) A modern recreation of the chocolate drink that
 * 1) Moctezuma loved chocolate. He let the Mayans and Aztec pay their taxes in cacao beans and it soon became their currency.
 * 2) People used to make fake beans out of clay.

__Aztec and Mayan cacao importance__
 * 1) At the Aztec and Mayan ceremonies, they used to offer cacao seeds to the gods and drink the chocolate drink

__Spain__ 2. Hernando Cortez
 * Europe**
 * 1) Consumption
 * From 1759-1788 about 12 million pounds of chocolate were consumed per year in Madrid.


 * In the 1500's Hernando Cortez met the Aztecs and got the recipe for chocolate. He brought it back to Spain and they added cane sugar to it. Soon, there was a new, sweetened chocolate drink.

__England__
 * 1) Legends
 * There were three legends about how chocolate got to England. 1st: pirates got it, 2nd: English businessmen bought it, 3rd: A Spanish princes s told royalty.

__France__
 * 1) Chocolate monopoly


 * In France, chocolate was a state monopoly and only the royal court had privileges to consume it.

__Slavery__
 * 1) From the early 1600s until the late 1800s, people were enslaved to work on chocolate plantations.


 * The 1st people enslaved for the purpose of chocolate were Mesoamericans

__Milk Chocolate__
 * Milk Chocolate, Baked Goods, Candy**
 * 1) Creation of milk chocolate

2. Hershey's
 * A Swiss chocolate maker added condensed milk to dark chocolate and made milk chocolate
 * - ** Today, most Americans still prefer milk chocolate while most people in Europe prefer dark or bittersweet chocolate [[image:_var_blogusers_attachments_1114088671238_HersheyBar.jpg align="right"]]
 * Milton Hershey

-Hershey also made a town for his workers. It's nicknamed "chocolate town," because it's like a town with a chocolate theme. (At the right) A Hershey's Bar __Dark Chocolate__
 * -** Milton Hershey was originally the owner of a candy store which failed. He sold it and decided to make his own chocolate. He built his chocolate factory in 1903.
 * -- ** Hershey's is famous for its milk chocolate
 * Chocolate town


 * 1) **Baker's chocolate**


 * **In 1780, a chocolate mill made chocolate powder. It is used to make bakers chocolate-which is: brownies, chocolate pudding, chocolate milk, chocolate cake, fudge, and chocolate pie.**

**-****In 1847 a company in England made the first chocolate bar. They combines cocoa powder, sugar, water, and melted cocoa butter. Soon, there were all kinds of chocolate candies****. 2. **** Peas and bricks ** Bibliography: Works Cited Bertelsen, Cynthia. Mesoamerican chocolate drink. 8 Feb. 2009. // gherkins&tomatoes //. N.p., 8 Feb. 2009. Web. 17 Apr. 2010. . The Field Museum. “Obtaining cacao.” // All about chocolate: The history of chocolate //. The Field Museum, 2007. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. . The Field Museum, and Museu De Ceramica. “A European obsession.” // All about chocolate: The history of chocolate //. The Field Museum, 2007. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. . The Field Museum, and Noël Lemire. “A European obsession.” // All about chocolate: The history of chocolate //. The Field Museum, 2007. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. . Kerr, Justin, and The Field Museum. “Chocolate’s History at a Glance.” // All about chocolate: The history of chocolate //. The Field Museum, 2007. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. . Myers, Garret, and Sandra Markle. // Chocolate: A Sweet Histroy //. New York: Grosset&Dunlap, 2005. N. pag. Print. // Sirs //. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. . Baker, Carol. “In Praise of the World’s First Chocolate Lovers.” Christian Science Monitor Sept. 24 2003: n.p. SIRS Renaissance. Web. 12 April 2010. Werner, Scott. Hershey’s chocolate bar. 29 Jan. 2009. // Brogan //. N.p., 29 Jan. 2009. Web. 17 Apr. 2010. .
 * Some candy makers would **grind dried** peas and stir them in with powdered bricks. This way they used less cocoa powder, **and the chocolate was still dark.**