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US President Washington knew he had to keep order and end the Whiskey Rebellion. He personally led 12,000 troops to end it. The troops were militias from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. It should be noted that Alexander Hamilton's new tax laws created the rebellion.

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