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He did this to help pay the national debt.
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What American product was taxed 25 percent causing a rebellion?
Home-distilled whiskey, during the presidency of George Washington.
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!
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.
Cause and effects of the whiskey rebellion?
President Washington's use of soldiers to make the farmers stop rebelling had two effects: 1) the government was able to demonstrate its power and 2) the Federalist Party lost the support of the people.The wealthy people's perspective of President Washington's Whiskey Rebellion action was that it was a good move. The ordinary people's perspective was that the government had been too harsh and that it should have listened to complaints of the farmers.
What year did ''Shays Rebellion'' happen?
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 the rebellion was later crushed and the tax was repealed.
Why was whiskey taxed?
money
What American product was taxed 25 percent causing a rebellion?
Home-distilled whiskey, during the presidency of George Washington.
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!
What product was taxed with Hamilton's excise tax?
whiskey.
What were the things taxed after the Revolutionary War?
whiskey and cotton
Why did Whiskey Ring exist?
because whiskey was illegal during probation and it was taxed during the 1800s
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.
How did Washington respond to the rebellion?
Washington taxed the people who were holding the whiskey
Are the whiskey tax much?
Whiskey and other distilled spirits are heavily taxed. In the U.S., over half the retail cost of the typical bottle of whiskey consists of taxes.
The rebellion of Pennsylvania farmers during Washington's presidency was a reaction to?
A taxed placed on whiskey
What is the American English spelling of the word 'whiskey' is?
I spell it whiskey.
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.
