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Whiskey Rebellion. Although Washington seldom drank whiskey himself, he ran a profitable distillery at Mount Vernon from 1797 until his death in 1799. The Whiskey Rebellion was a response to the excise tax proposed by Alexander Hamilton, who was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury in 1791.
Jul 8, 2005 · The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The Mingo Creek Society, also known as the Whiskey Boys, was especially outraged at a federal tax levied on each gallon of whiskey they produced . . . — — Map (db m205334) HM
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May 10, 2014 · The painting depicts George Washington and his troops near Fort Cumberland, Maryland, before their march to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania. Source/Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Although Congress actually lowered the tax placed on whiskey in early 1792, farmers in western Pennsylvania were still angry. They refused to pay and intimidated federal agents sent from Philadelphia to diffuse the situation and collect the tax. Whiskey production was directly linked to surplus grain and liquor was easier to transport to markets us...
Washington’s army, comprised of 13,000 militia men, came from New Jersey, Virginia, and – reluctantly – from eastern Pennsylvania under the conflicted command of Pennsylvania Governor Mifflin. Although President Washington shortly returned to Philadelphia to preside over the next session of Congress, the militia army moved into the insurgent counti...
The earlier taxation motive associated with the American Revolution involved the British Parliament’s efforts to recoup monies spent on protecting the American colonies, first from the French, and later from the on-going threats of Native American attacks. Taxes such as the Stamp Act dramatically altered colonial loyalties to the Crown. The tax pla...
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George Washington's Proclamation on the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1791, Congress, at the urging of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, passed its first excise tax on domestic spirits in order to pay for the debts accumulated during the Revolutionary War.
Step into the boots of the first president in this exciting interactive experience. Play Online. Explore the History. Whiskey Rebellion 1794 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) In 1776, Americans rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation, and eventually won their freedom from Great Britain.
