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What govermment policies caused backcountry farmers in Virginia to rebel?
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The Whiskey Rebellion was a reaction to a new government tax on spirits. After harvest, farmers would distill excess corn that they harvested into whiskey instead of letting it rot. Farmers vehemently opposed this government intervention in their livelihood.
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An armed insurrection by Pennsylvania farmers protesting federal tax policies in 1796?
whiskey rebellion
Much of the work of the farmers centered around the proposals that had been set out in?
Virginia Plan
Bacon's Rebellion was evidence of?
poor white settlers against native americans
What momentous decision did the farmers make at the beginning of the Philadelphia convention?
"Resolved,.... that a national Government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary." -Edmund Randolph, Delegate from Virginia
What was action of farmers alliance?
involving farmers..
What tax outraged backcountry farmers?
whskey
A tax on this outraged backcountry farmers?
Whiskey tax
What tax outragged backcountry farmers in 1700s?
whiskey :)
What difference existed between the tidewater planter and the backcountry farmers of the south?
Planters were well to do people and farmers were poor class
Is it true that Bacon's Rebellion was evidence of friction between backcountry farmers and coast planters?
true
Differences between Punjabi farmers and Kashmiri farmers?
it is like Punjabi farmers have got better facilities and government policies but kashmiri farmers have not
What was the future farmers of Virginia?
the ffv
How did Virginia earn money?
90% of the colonies were farmers.
What policies did both farmers and Populists support?
Bimetallism and fair food prices
Is it true federalists policies appealed to small farmers and urban workers?
True
What policies did both farmers populists support?
Bimetallism and fair food prices
What did the Virginia company do to keep tobacco farmers from leaving?
nothing
