What Rebelled during the Whiskey Rebellion and what was the outcome?

Answer 1

When George Washington became president, new taxes were created. America was a fairly tax-aphobic country at the time. Farmers in Central Pennsylvania to Pittsburg grew corn. It was expensive to transport corn: it grew moldy or was crushed. Instead, the farmers began making whiskey from their large corn crops to save money. However, once the presidency began, tax was passed on whiskey, which meant it wasn't much better to make whiskey than corn. The farmers near Pittsburg were upset by this an rebeled. They ran to Pittsburg, burned some buildings and had a good old time tarring and feathering a tax collecter. Washington responded quickly: he dispatched a few troops toward Pittsburg. As soon as they heard he was coming, the rebels fled. Alexander Hamilton wanted to punish the rebels more heavily, even execute some, but Washington refused saying they had displayed their strength and now it was time to show they could have mercy.