WHISKEY REBELLION

1794, uprising in the Pennsylvania counties W of the Alleghenies, caused by Alexander Hamilton's excise tax of 1791. The settlers, mainly Scotch-Irish, for whom whiskey was an important economic commodity, resented the tax as discriminatory and detrimental to their liberty and economic welfare. There were many public protests, and rioting broke out in 1794 against the central government's efforts to enforce the law. Troops called out by President Washington quelled the rioting, and resistance evaporated. Nevertheless Hamilton sought to make an example of the settlers and illustrate the newly created government's power to enforce its law; many were arrested. President Washington pardoned the two rebels who were convicted of treason. The government's power to enforce its laws had been proved.

See L. D. Baldwin, Whiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising (rev. ed. 1967).

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The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution
Book by Thomas P. Slaughter; Oxford University Press, 1988
Subjects: Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794
The Whiskey Rebellion THE WHISKEY REBELLION Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Slaughter, Thomas P. Thomas Paul The Whiskey Rebellion. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Whiskey Insurrection...
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Whiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising
Book by Leland D. Baldwin; University of Pittsburgh Press, 1939
Subjects: Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794
...seriously known as the Presbyterian Rebellion. Their religion also included the more...bushels of rye at A time, but turn it into whiskey and he could carry twenty-four--that...bushel and a half of rye to a gallon of whiskey and considers the value of labor, there...
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The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
Book by Diana Preston; Walker, 2000
Subjects: China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
...revolted, it was the greatest rebellion since the world began." Far...United Kingdom. A bottle of whiskey cost 3s 6d, twenty-five cigarettes...suit cost $11, a bottle of whiskey about $2, corned beef eight...CHINA ON THE EVE OF THE BOXER REBELLION 1 Thousand Deaths...
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The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada
Book by William Kilbourn; Clarke, Irwin, 1956
Subjects: Canada--History--Rebellion, 1837-1838, Mackenzie, William Lyon--1795-1861
...few of them thinks a bout what will Come of their Soul when Death there days doth End for they have found a thing they Call Whiskey and a great many of them dabbales and drinks at it till they make themselves worce than an ox or an ass. Now Sir I could...
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Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond
Book by Mark Ames; Soft Skull Press, 2005
Subjects: Murder--United States, United States--Social Conditions--1980-, Violent Crimes--United States
...about. -Thomas P Slaughter, The Whiskey Rebellion, The point is that real-time...expressed. When there was violence or rebellion, it was nearly always unfocused...a context to justify their rebellion against the institution that...
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Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle
Journal article by Stuart Leibiger; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle (Book)--Book reviews
...Convention. The book might also briefly have compared and contrasted Shayss Rebellion to the similarly motivated Whiskey Rebellion of the following decade. La Salle University Stuart Leibiger
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Commonplace or Anachronism: The Standard Model, the Second Amendment, and the Problem of History in Contemporary Constitutional Theory
Journal article by Saul Cornell; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 16, 1999
Subjects: Constitutional history--Analysis, Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 2
...the Carlisle Riot and the Whiskey Rebellion, are central to evaluating...prevented at all costs. The Whiskey Rebellion provides another occasion to...for a number of reasons. The Whiskey Rebellion provides additional evidence...
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Guns, Words, and Constitutional Interpretation
Journal article by L.A. Powe Jr.; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 38, 1997
Subjects: Constitutional amendments--Interpretation and construction, Freedom of speech--Laws, regulations, etc., Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 1, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 2
...national government to take action against rebellions and insurrections, had been won decisively...unless such as are or have been in Actual Rebellion."(305) In comparison, four states also...federal government authority against armed rebellion: Article I gives Congress the power to...
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Routine Testing Practices and the Linguistic Construction of Knowledge
Journal article by Deborah Poole; Cognition and Instruction, Vol. 12, 1994
Subjects: Cognition In Children, Learning
...TR-1) 5 T: And whe::re? (.) was the Whiskey Rebellion (0.4) where was the ris- Whiskey Rebellion. T: Ed- - - (0.4) stop play ing (0...is correct. B. Written test 11. The Whiskey Rebellion took place among farmers in (a) Massachusetts...
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Federalizing the First Responders to Acts of Terrorism Via the Militia Clauses
Journal article by Brian C. Brook; Duke Law Journal, Vol. 54, 2005
Subjects: Antiterrorism measures--Methods, Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers--Laws, regulations and rules, Federalism--Laws, regulations and rules, National security--Laws, regulations and rules, Preemption (Legislative power)--Laws, regulations and rules, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. art. 1, s. 8, cl. 15
...militia was called forth was the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. (112) President Washington...relatively evident that the Whiskey Rebellion could have been just as easily...68 ("By his actions in the Whiskey Rebellion, Washington had apparently...
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Whiskey, Rebellion, and the Religious Left
Magazine article by William Hogeland; Tikkun, Vol. 22, July 2007
Subjects: American history, Christianity, Civil liberties, Liberalism, Mass murders, Rebellions, Religion, Religious right, Taxation, Taxes, Violence
Whiskey, Rebellion, and the Religious Left by William...values of the American people. "The Whiskey Rebellion" was Alexander Hamiltons dismissive...oblivion. It worked. For generations the Whiskey Rebellion has been taught as a dustup on the...
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Whiskey a Washington
Magazine article by Stephen Dinan; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, February 5, 2001
Subjects: Distilleries--Remodeling, restoration, etc., Presidents--Conduct of life, Washington, George--Conduct of life
...whiskey. Washington also had another famous tie to whiskey. As president, he himself led troops in 1794 to end the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, where settlers were upset over the federal excise tax on their favorite drink.
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Getting Drunk on Rebellion
Magazine article by Hans S. Nichols; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, July 16, 2001
Subjects: Alcohol and youth--Analysis, Social policy--Analysis
...consumption, the legal U.S. consumption rate was 1.71 gallons of alcohol per capita in 1998. For a country that had a whiskey rebellion, thats far behind leader Luxembourgs rate of 3.45 gallons. In other cultures there is little evidence that government...
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Should English Be the Law?
Magazine article by Robert D. King; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, April 1997
Subjects: English-only movement--Political aspects, Language policy--Social aspects
...Robert D. King We have known race riots, draft riots, labor violence, secession, anti-war protests, and a whiskey rebellion, but one kind of trouble weve never had: a language riot. Language riot? It sounds like a joke. The very idea of...
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Should English Be the Law? Language Is Tearing Apart Countries around the World, and the Proponents of "Official English" May Be Ready to Add America to the List
Magazine article by Robert D. King; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, April 1997
Subjects: Language and languages, Politics
...Robert D. King WE have known race riots, draft riots, labor violence, secession, anti-war protests, and a whiskey rebellion, but one kind of trouble weve never had: a language riot. Language riot? It sounds like a joke. The very idea of...
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Arlington Teen Places in NEH's Essay Contest; Wrote on Whiskey Rebellion of 1794
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 19, 2003
Subjects: United States. National Endowment for the Humanities
...NEHs essay contest; Wrote on Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 Byline: Julia...Washingtons response to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 in establishing the...against those involved in the Whiskey Rebellion. Although 150 individuals were...
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The Whiskey Rebellion
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), January 20, 2001
The Whiskey Rebellion. THE CRACK...government introduced a whiskey tax. In western...into a full-scale rebellion, which was put down...revolutionary war. The rebellion was suppressed and...to distil their whiskey in isolation and...
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Grant to Fund Best Shot at Washington's Whiskey
Newspaper article by Stephen Dinan; The Washington Times, December 6, 2000
Subjects: Washington, George
...whiskey. Washington also had another famous tie to whiskey. As president, he himself led troops in 1794 to end the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, where settlers were upset over the federal excise tax on their favorite drink. Washingtons distillery...
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THE GLORY OF GLENLIVET; Not the Whisky but the Battle between King and Catholics That Changed the Face of War
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 8, 2009
Subjects: Armies, Catholics, Roman Catholics, Whiskey
...down 152 years to Culloden, when Charles Edward Stuarts 45 rebellion was crushed comprehensively by Hanoverian cannon. Argyll may...There was no way they felt they could take forward any kind of rebellion. The leaders of the victorious force gave thanks by attending...
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The Wild Brew Yonder
Newspaper article by Patrick Butters; The Washington Times, March 11, 2000
...by measuring gravity levels, taking temperatures, etc." Who needs experts anyway? Ever since the days of the Whiskey Rebellion and Snuffy Smith, producing homemade spirits has been a national pastime - or disgrace, based on which side of the...
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Whiskey Rebellion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WHISKEY REBELLION 1794, uprising in the Pennsylvania counties W of the Alleghenies...L. D. Baldwin, Whiskey Rebels (rev. ed. 1967); W. Hogeland, The Whiskey Rebellion (2006). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Brackenridge, Hugh Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Brackenridge later acted (1794) as a peacemaker in the Whiskey Rebellion. He was also a justice of the Pennsylvania supreme...a raw democracy. He also wrote an account of the Whiskey Rebellion and several political tracts. See C. M. Newlin...
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North Braddock
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...defeat in the last conflict of the French and Indian Wars and of a mass meeting of farmers instituting the Whiskey Rebellion . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Gibson, John , American Frontiersman
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Americans. For a time (1781 82) he was commander at Fort Pitt. Later he was living in Pennsylvania at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion and earned much animosity from his neighbors by siding with the government. He served (1800 1816) as secretary of...
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Carlisle , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...organized there. A munitions depot during the Revolution, Carlisle was a headquarters for Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Molly Pitcher is buried in the Old Graveyard. The borough was a stop on the Underground Railroad...
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