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  1. Oct 30, 2017 · The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. ... President George Washington was ...

  2. By 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion threatened the stability of the nascent United States and forced President Washington to personally lead the United States militia westward to stop the rebels. By 1791 the United States suffered from significant debt incurred during the Revolutionary War.

  3. The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. Beer was difficult to transport and ...

    • 1791-1794
    • Government victory
    • primarily Western Pennsylvania
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  5. The Whiskey Rebellion. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Circa 1795. President George Washington, in accordance with the Militia Act of 1792, received permission from Supreme Court Justice James Wilson to raise an army to combat the rebellion in western Pennsylvania. With the help of Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee and Daniel Morgan, President ...

  6. The Whiskey Rebellion. In 1794, farmers from Western Pennsylvania rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation and provided the new nation, and George Washington, with a looming crisis. In 1791, Congress approved a new, federal tax on spirits and the stills that produced them. For farmers on the frontier of the new nation, the ...

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  7. Apr 4, 2024 · Whiskey Rebellion, (1794), in American history, uprising that afforded the new U.S. government its first opportunity to establish federal authority by military means within state boundaries, as officials moved into western Pennsylvania to quell an uprising of settlers rebelling against the liquor tax. Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the ...

  8. Jan 27, 2024 · Also Known As: The Whiskey Rebellion is also called The Whiskey Insurrection. Date Started: It started on July 15, 1794, when warning shots were fired at a Federal Marshal on a farm near Pittsburgh. Date Ended: The Whiskey Rebellion ended in October 1794 when rebel forces dispersed. President: George Washington was President during the Whiskey ...

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