he viewed the tax on whiskey as a source of revenue.
The 1791 tax that sparked the Whiskey Rebellion was strongly supported by Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton advocated for the tax as a means to generate revenue for the federal government and to help pay off the national debt. This tax particularly affected small-scale farmers in the western frontier, leading to widespread discontent and eventually the rebellion.
neither. . go read in your history book
the federalists proved that they had power by stopping the 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.
The whiskey boys hurt the tax collectors all the time.
Federalists.
Federalists
they supported the right to tax the country, the ratification of the constitution, and they supported a strong central [federal] government
Against. It was unfair to the southern farmers, who transported grain as whiskey.
The federalists supported it the anti-federalists opposed it
Bankers and businessmen supported the Federalists.
The Federalists supported the Constitution.
federalists supported gay right, anit federalists supported prostitution. how does this help?
neither. . go read in your history book
the federalists proved that they had power by stopping the rebellion.
They were called Federalists.
it was not the whiskey tax, i was the tea tax (stamp act)