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Oct 30, 2017 · The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government.
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. The "whiskey tax" became law in 1791 ...
- 1791-1794
- Government victory
- primarily Western Pennsylvania
Aug 7, 2024 · Whiskey Rebellion, (1794), in American history, uprising that afforded the new U.S. government its first opportunity to establish federal authority by military means within state boundaries, as officials moved into western Pennsylvania to quell an uprising of settlers rebelling against the liquor tax. Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the ...
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Aug 24, 2024 · The Whiskey Rebellion rocked the newly-formed United States in the 1790s. Following victory in The Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the United States government, headed by George Washington, found itself in significant debt to those who had funded the war against the British.
Aug 13, 2024 · The Whiskey Rebellion was a violent uprising of small farmers against a federal excise tax on liquor, that broke out in western Pennsylvania in 1794. It was suppressed by a federal militia army raised by President Washington.
Feb 19, 2020 · Shortly after the Whiskey Rebellion, a stage musical about the insurrection entitled The Volunteers was written by playwright and actress Susanna Rowson together with composer Alexanander Reinagle. The musical celebrates the militiamen who put down the rebellion, the “volunteers” of the title.
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In an exchange of gunshots, their leader James McFarlane was killed by soldiers who had come to protect Neville. The mob burned down part of Neville’s property. Less than a week later, David Bradford, a wealthy landowner, incited a mob of 7,000 people using a letter from Washington asserting disapproval for the attack over Neville’s ...
