Tom the Tinker assumed leadership of the Whiskey Rebellion, nobody knows who he was, although some assume he was John Holcroft, a veteran of the Shays rebellion.
they did what they had 2 do
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Tom the Tinker assumed leadership of the Whiskey Rebellion, nobody knows who he was, although some assume he was John Holcroft, a veteran of the Shays rebellion.
Both rebellions were in Pennsylvania, lead by farmers, had pardoned deaths by two different presidents. While the Whiskey Rebellion was meant to raise revenue because from the Revolutionary War, the Fries Rebellion was meant to raise money for an "undeclared" war with France.
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!
George Washington did react to the whiskey rebellion by sending many federal soldiers who crushed the rebellion.
President George Washington personally lead a federal militia against the rebels. The rebellion occured not far from Philapelphia, which was then the Capital of the nation.
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