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The federal whiskey tax produced the whiskey rebellion.
The Whiskey Rebellion began in the western part of Pennsylvania in 1794.It ended when President Washington led 13,000 men in a Federal militia to quell the uprising, in October 1794.
The Whiskey Rebellion was a rebellion of farmers from Pennsylvania to Georgia. It was in response to the tax put on whiskey. The farmers were upset because they thought the whiskey was an important good. So, they rebelled against the tax. George Washington sent an army down to calm the rebellion.
1786-1787
because farmers in western Pennsylvania rebelled against the tax
That was called the Whiskey Rebellion
whiskey rebellion
The major tax burden was on small farmers
Daniel Shays
Daniel Shays
he proposed a debt plan which led to a tax on whiskey and that led to the whiskey rebellion
Paying an excise tax on distilled liquor they produced and sold.