Cause and effects of the whiskey rebellion?

Answer 1

• 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.

Answer 2

Hamilton taxed imported goods to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition including the whiskey since farmers imported whiskey for a living because it was easier to travel with they got angry and tarred and feathered at the tax people.

Answer 3

The whiskey rebellion happened because George Washington had a national debt and taxed people on the whiskey to pay the debt.