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What caused farmers in western Pennsylvania to revolt during the whiskey rebellion?
Simple. The chief crop was corn. It was difficult to transport anything by wagon over the Indian footpaths along mountain ridges. It was cheapest to make whiskey from corn and more profitable to transport it over the mountains to the east. Whiskey stills were prominent businesses, just as important as the blacksmith, saddler, and undertaker. When the government wanted to tax whiskey, it would have deeply cut into farmers' profits. The Whiskey Rebellion was a major fight against taxation.
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BeauThe farmers in Western Pennsylvania revolted during the Whiskey Rebellion because of Hamilton's taxes.
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What was unfair about the whiskey rebellion?
What was unfair about the whiskey rebellion was that the western farmers from Pennsylvania were taxed on whiskey but the other farmers were not!
Who started the whiskey rebellion?
Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
What was the armed protest of western Pennsylvania farmers in 1794 called?
the Whiskey Rebellion
What was it called when President Washington sent troops to western Pennsylvania to crush protest by farmers?
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
Location of the whiskey rebellion?
The Whiskey Rebellion began in the western part of Pennsylvania in 1794.It ended when President Washington led 13,000 men in a Federal militia to quell the uprising, in October 1794.
