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George Washington was president during the Whisky Rebellion. A group of farmers in west6ern Pennsylvania staged the Whisky Rebeelion in the summer of 1974. President Washington was in office1789-1797.
George Washington had to form an army and make the farmers stop producing whisky they stoped
Whisky Rebellion
Yes, following the Whisky Rebellion of 1794.
Shay's Rebellion
Washington showed that he would enforce Federal Laws as president.
Shay's rebellion and the Whisky rebellion were both armed rebellion over taxes.
The Whisky Rebellion occurred in 1791 when farmers refused to pay an excise tax that Congress had placed on all distilled spirits (whisky being by far the most popular.)
The Whisky Rebellion occurred in 1791 when farmers refused to pay an excise tax that Congress had placed on all distilled spirits (whisky being by far the most popular.)
In response to the whiskey tax law passed in 1791.
The reason for this is that is that the government was trying to send a message. they were trying to say (and Washington may or may not have actually said this) that just because there was a law that you don't like, you can't rebel, and this was especially important because it was soon after the Revolutionary War, and we just defeated England, and though morales were high, the army/navy were very weak. Washington personally led the 2,000 some troops to dissuade the rebels from the notion of, well, rebelling.
Pennsylvania. Click the link below for more information about the Rebellion.