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The federal government had placed a tax on corn (which is used to make whiskey), so the farmers who relied on the production of the crop for their livelihood rebelled.
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In 1794, the United States government sent troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion, a revolt in western Pennsylvania. This revolt was a response against which government policy?
To tax whiskey
Caused rebellion in Pennsylvania?
The federal whiskey tax produced the whiskey rebellion.
What was unfair about the whiskey rebellion?
What was unfair about the whiskey rebellion was that the western farmers from Pennsylvania were taxed on whiskey but the other farmers were not!
How did Washington react to the Whiskey rebellion?
George Washington did react to the whiskey rebellion by sending many federal soldiers who crushed the rebellion.
What came first XYZ affair or whiskey Rebellion?
Whiskey Rebellion - 1791-1794 Jay's Treaty - November 1794
Why the whiskey rebellion occurred?
The whiskey rebellion happened because George Washington had a national debt and taxed people on the whiskey to pay the debt.
Significance of shays rebellion and whiskey rebellion?
Definition of shays rebellion?
What rebellion was led by the farmers in Massachusetts?
Whiskey rebellion
What caused farmers in western Pennsylvania to revolt during the whiskey rebellion?
Simple. The chief crop was corn. It was difficult to transport anything by wagon over the Indian footpaths along mountain ridges. It was cheapest to make whiskey from corn and more profitable to transport it over the mountains to the east. Whiskey stills were prominent businesses, just as important as the blacksmith, saddler, and undertaker. When the government wanted to tax whiskey, it would have deeply cut into farmers' profits. The Whiskey Rebellion was a major fight against taxation.
Location of 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.
Who had a whiskey rebellion?
jefferson
What amendment was wrote for the whiskey rebellion?
The 18th amendment caused the Whiskey Rebellion. It was later repealed by the 21st amendment.
