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In 1791 the US government passed a law imposing a tax on the sale of alcohol. It was inherently unfair in that large scale producers of alcohol payed 6 cents per gallon of alcohol, while smaller scale alcohol producers were taxed at 9 cents. President George Washington was a large scale producer of alcohol, and this was seen as a conflict of interest by his critics. Sale of alcohol was one of the primary means of income for farmers, particularly those on the frontier who lived at bare subsistence levels. From the beginning there were wide scale protests against the alcohol tax, and some became violent riots.
In the summer of 1794 an armed rebellion broke out in Pennsyvania, and on August 7, 1794 George Washington imposed martial law.
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Who started the whiskey rebellion?
Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
What are facts about the whiskey rebellion?
Facts about the Whiskey Rebellion include that is started in 1791. This rebellion was a tax protest and was started by farmers who were being taxed for their crops to help pay for the Revolutionary War.
Who was shays rebellion rebel to?
Daniel shay started the whiskey rebellion in which he stirred up farmers and peasents against the government because of the tax on whiskey.
How did the whiskey rebellion change the relationship between the state and federal government?
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax rebellion that happened in the colonial United States. It changed the way the government handled protesters as they started to use military suppression.
How did Washington show strength of the of the federal government to the response of the whiskey rebellion?
He started lifting :D
Caused rebellion in Pennsylvania?
The federal whiskey tax produced the whiskey rebellion.
What describes a major result of the Whiskey Rebellion?
George Washington left office after his 2nd term.
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?
