long ago in the 80s they taxed whiskey to unprevoke the usage of moonshine (which is an illegal homemade acholic beverage)
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the whiskey tax was a tax on any kind of alchol, wine, beer,etc. this eventualy led to the whiskey rebellion.
Because the congress needed money for the treasury.
Farmers were protesting a tax on whiskey during President Washington's term in office.
No, the President of the USA does not have the Constitutional power to impose any tax. That is a power of the legislative branch of the government.
He was the US President during the Whiskey Rebellion and he personally took to the field at the head of the militia to enforce the tax on whiskey.
I believe that the answer is The Whiskey Rebellion
takeing tax off whiskey.
Whiskey
He repealed the Federal Whiskey Tax.
People needed to understand the constitutional right of Congressto institute tax laws.
because people needed to understand the constitutional right of Congressto institute tax laws.
George Washington and Alexander Hamilton enforced the whiskey tax by sending an army of 13,000 soldiers to western Pennsylvania, causing the rebels to flee and showing that the government had the power to enforce its laws.
because farmers in western Pennsylvania rebelled against the tax
No, President Grant did not support the repeal of the excise tax on whiskey. In fact, he actually advocated for its continuation and enforcement as a means of generating revenue for the government.