1. The Whiskey Rebellion

2. March 1791 – Liquor Excise Tax
Congress passed an excise tax on domestically distilled spirits (liquor)
system of local inspectors and collectors

3. Western Frontier Region Angered
Tax angers frontier region where liquor was often for personal use, not for sale
Also, other farmers it was their main source of income

4. A tax collector is tarred and feathered during the Whiskey Rebellion
Rebellion - July 1794
Unsuccessfully petition against the excise tax,
Beat up Federal Marshalls, burned homes of tax collectors, harassed citizens sympathetic to the gov.
Threatened to secede from the Union
A tax collector is tarred and feathered during the Whiskey Rebellion

5. What Should be done? And who has the power to do it?

6. Flag used in some protests of the Whiskey Rebellion
August 2, 1794
Supreme Court rules that circumstances in W. PA cannot be controlled by civil authorities and warrant a military response.
GW calls for a militia
Flag used in some protests of the Whiskey Rebellion

7. August 7, 1794
Militia in PA, NJ, MD, and VA to assemble a force of nearly 13,000 men
G.W. offers amnesty to all insurgents who "disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes" by September 1.

8. September 25, 1794
Washington issues a proclamation ordering the militia to march against the insurgents
As troops hike the region, rebels scatter
No loss of life, rebellion is squashed.