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.
The farmers in Western Pennsylvania revolted during the Whiskey Rebellion because of Hamilton's taxes.
What was unfair about the whiskey rebellion was that the western farmers from Pennsylvania were taxed on whiskey but the other farmers were not!
Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
the Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
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.
What was unfair about the whiskey rebellion was that the western farmers from Pennsylvania were taxed on whiskey but the other farmers were not!
whiskey rebellion
Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
whiskey rebellion
the Whiskey Rebellion
because farmers in western Pennsylvania rebelled against the tax
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
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.
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion broke out in 1792 when farmers in western Pennsylvania rose up against the tax on whiskey imposed by the federal government. The farmers felt unfairly burdened by the tax and saw it as a threat to their livelihood. The rebellion was eventually put down by federal troops sent by President George Washington.
He used the authority of the federal government to put down the rebellion
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