The Whiskey Rebellion occurred during the presidency of George Washington. It took place between 1791 and 1794, primarily in response to a federal excise tax on whiskey. Washington's administration ultimately responded to the rebellion by sending federal troops to suppress the uprising, demonstrating the federal government's authority to enforce its laws.
The whiskey rebellion occurred during 1794 because of a federal tax on distilled spirits.
The whiskey rebellion happened because George Washington had a national debt and taxed people on the whiskey to pay the debt.
Washington showed that he would enforce Federal Laws as president as a result of the Whiskey Rebellion.
NO- the rebellion occurred in 1794 after the US Constitution was in place.
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The Whiskey Rebellion.
Whiskey Rebellion - 1791-1794 Jay's Treaty - November 1794
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George Washington
in 1794 president Washington sent nearly 15,000 troops to crush the whiskey rebellion. Sebastian Aguirre
Troops acting under orders of the president.
The whiskey rebellion occurred twice in early US history. The first occurrence was a tax that Britain used to charge the colonies for alcoholic beverages. The second time the whiskey rebellion occurred before prohibition was when the new colonies began charging a luxury tax to distilled spirits to pay for the revolutionary war.