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Farmers were at the mercy of the railroads. The railroads called all the shots, charged what they wanted to charge and ran trains when they wanted to. The also had political power and the could condemn property to lay track almost anywhere they wanted to. Of course, there was also complaints about noise, smoke and trains hitting cattle .
Small farmers.
They were upset about it because they didn't want to lose their slaves.
Bacon and his followers were upset because they were poor farmers who who had trouble. They didn't have enough enough money to own their own farms, they had to live on other people's farms and they got really mad!
The Whiskey Rebellion was a rebellion of farmers from Pennsylvania to Georgia. It was in response to the tax put on whiskey. The farmers were upset because they thought the whiskey was an important good. So, they rebelled against the tax. George Washington sent an army down to calm the rebellion.