the outcome of the whiskey rebellion was 1794.
the outcome of the whiskey rebellion was 1794.
what was the outcome of the whiskey rebellion?
1794
the whiskey rebellion (also known as the whiskey insurrection) was a tax protest in the united states beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of george washington, ultimately under the command of american revolutionary war veteran major james mcfarlane. the so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. it became law in 1791, and was intended to generate revenue for the war debt incurred during the revolutionary war. the tax applied to all distilled spirits, but american whiskey was by far the country's most popular distilled beverage in the 18th century, so the excise became widely known as a "whiskey tax". farmers of the western frontier were accustomed to distilling their surplus rye, barley, wheat, corn, or fermented grain mixtures to make whiskey. these farmers resisted the tax. in these regions, whiskey often served as a medium of exchange. many of the resisters were war veterans who believed that they were fighting for the principles of the american revolution, in particular against taxation without local representation, while the federal government maintained that the taxes were the legal expression of congressional taxation powers.
whiskey rebellion
bullet::::- hogeland, william. "the whiskey rebellion: george washington, alexander hamilton, and the frontier rebels who challenged america's newfound sovereignty". new york: scribner, 2006. .









































bullet::::- holt, wythe. "the whiskey rebellion of 1794: a democratic working-class insurrection" (pdf). paper presented at the georgia workshop in early american history and culture, 2004.









































bullet::::- kohn, richard h. "the washington administration's decision to crush the whiskey rebellion." "journal of american history" 59 (december 1972), 567–84.









































bullet::::- slaughter, thomas p. "the whiskey rebellion: frontier epilogue to the american revolution". oxford university press, 1986. .









































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