They were protesting a tax on whiskey. Because of the remote area of the country they lived in it was easier to make whiskey from their corn and transport the whiskey than it was to transport the corn itself. But then the tax would have cut into their profit.
Edit: In short, the Whiskey Rebellion.The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
of course it was...
the Whiskey Rebellion
Plebians
It was both for a protest and a communal celebration.
Farmers were protesting a tax on whiskey during President Washington's term in office.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
The initial response by the government to organized protest by farmers was to raise prices and investigate BGA management and finances.
A brutally suppressed public protest is when armed forces (army, police) use force to disperse the protesters - causing some deaths and injury to some protesters.
of course it was...
Their Government
A march on Washington.
The whiskey rebellion was a tax protest in pennsylvania.The conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction of alexander hamiltons program to found the national debt.
The Whiskey rebellion was caused by the unfair tax that was placed on whiskey., Farmers then got together with each other to from a armed protest, where Washington and his troops crushed their rebellion.
the Whiskey Rebellion
Plebians
Shay's Rebellion