Whiskey Rebellion
Alexander Hamilton played a significant role in the Whiskey Rebellion as the secretary of the treasury. He proposed an excise tax on whiskey to help repay the national debt, which sparked opposition and resistance from whiskey distillers in western Pennsylvania. Hamilton supported a strong response, including sending federal troops to quell the rebellion, asserting federal authority and demonstrating the power of the new government under the Constitution.
Washington, urged on by Hamilton, was prepared to enforce the tax and crush the Whiskey Rebellion. they feared that not to act might undermine the new government and weaken its authority.
They both involved the new government's use of the army.
Washington's strong response to the Whiskey rebellion showed that the federal government was in charge , could and would enforce the laws passed by Congress, including the unpopular whiskey tax. The rapid put-down of the rebellion gained the presidency new respect and made similar rebellion more unlikely.
Whiskey Rebellion
Alexander Hamilton played a significant role in the Whiskey Rebellion as the secretary of the treasury. He proposed an excise tax on whiskey to help repay the national debt, which sparked opposition and resistance from whiskey distillers in western Pennsylvania. Hamilton supported a strong response, including sending federal troops to quell the rebellion, asserting federal authority and demonstrating the power of the new government under the Constitution.
Washington, urged on by Hamilton, was prepared to enforce the tax and crush the Whiskey Rebellion. they feared that not to act might undermine the new government and weaken its authority.
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The Whiskey Rebellion.
whiskey rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the USA from 1791-1794. Farmers had been using left over corn and grain to make whiskey and then use it as a medium of exchange. They were forced to pay a new tax on this and many resisted.
To prove that the new national government was strong.
I believe it was the Whiskey rebellion
They both involved the new government's use of the army.
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.
Washington's strong response to the Whiskey rebellion showed that the federal government was in charge , could and would enforce the laws passed by Congress, including the unpopular whiskey tax. The rapid put-down of the rebellion gained the presidency new respect and made similar rebellion more unlikely.