happened in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1794
In Pennsylvania
1794
The tax bill was passed in 1791. The actual rebellion was in 1794.
The federal whiskey tax produced 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!
Daniel shay started the whiskey rebellion in which he stirred up farmers and peasents against the government because of the tax on whiskey. the rebellion was later crushed and the tax was repealed.
George Washington did react to the whiskey rebellion by sending many federal soldiers who crushed the rebellion.
Whiskey Rebellion - 1791-1794 Jay's Treaty - November 1794
The whiskey rebellion happened because George Washington had a national debt and taxed people on the whiskey to pay the debt.
Definition of shays rebellion?
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.