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.
he proposed a debt plan which led to a tax on whiskey and that led to the whiskey rebellion
George Washington led the army during 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.
When the new government began running, they had a new power, that of levying taxes. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton believed this was a good way to raise revenue to pay off bonds and war debts. He applied a tax on whiskey in 1789. This led to widespread anger and protests that eventually led to a tax man being tarred and feathered in what came to be called the Whiskey Rebellion.
It was a federal excise tax ,passed in 1791, on whiskey distillers where small distillers paid per gallon while the large distillers paid a flat rate.
he proposed a debt plan which led to a tax on whiskey and that led to the whiskey rebellion
Whiskey rebellion
No. I can not think of any connection to the Whiskey rebellion and any of the amendments.
George Washington led the army during 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.
When the new government began running, they had a new power, that of levying taxes. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton believed this was a good way to raise revenue to pay off bonds and war debts. He applied a tax on whiskey in 1789. This led to widespread anger and protests that eventually led to a tax man being tarred and feathered in what came to be called the Whiskey Rebellion.
It was a federal excise tax ,passed in 1791, on whiskey distillers where small distillers paid per gallon while the large distillers paid a flat rate.
Washington was 62 years old when he led the troops against this rebellion.
long ago in the 80s they taxed whiskey to unprevoke the usage of moonshine (which is an illegal homemade acholic beverage) for help ; open the third & fourth link on : Www.cut-my-tax.info
There is one reason on why farmers went to Massachusetts to Rebel. The main reason why they moved was because of the taxes on their whiskey.
Whiskey is whiskey because whiskey is distilled in whiskey farms, by distillers of whiskey. My friend who was there at the time of this rebellion, Bethsarh, informs me "I was distraught by the loss of mon3y because my whiskey was not whiskey enough for the whiskey seller in the market of whiskey selling."
WhiskEy is from Ireland, whiskey is from Scotland and elsewhere.