Whiskey Rebellion - Whiskey Insurrection Welcome to the Whiskey Rebellion Main Menu This 1794 insurrection was caused, in part, by the lack of federal courts (which necessitated trips to Philadelphia for trial), large numbers of absentee landlords, lack of protection from the Indians, lack of access to the Mississippi River and the high excise tax on whiskey. President George Washington ordered ...

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Whiskey Rebellion BY AUTHORITY By the president of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION Whereas, combinations to defeat the execution of the laws laying duties upon spirits distilled within the United States and upon stills have from the time of the commencement of those laws existed in some of the western parts of Pennsylvania. And whereas, the ...

VIEWPOINT The Whiskey Rebellion: Taxing 'Sin'-- Then and Now by Bruce Kauffmann A tax collector is tarred and feathered during the rebellion. So Who's in a hurry - Robert Benchley, when told that drinking and smoking are slow poison. On August 1, 1794, there occurred in this country the Whiskey Rebellion, which offers a few lessons on taxation (especially of the sin tax variety), political ...

Please Support LewRockwell.com By Patronizing Our Advertisers The Whiskey Rebellion: A Model for Our Time by Murray N. Rothbard In recent years, Americans have been subjected to a concerted assault upon their national symbols, holidays, and anniversaries. Washington's Birthday has been forgotten, and Christopher Columbus has been denigrated as an evil Euro-White male, while new and obscure ...

THE WHISKEY REBELLION The single largest armed confrontation among American citizens between the Revolution and the Civil War Thomas Slaughter THE OFFENSE click photo for credit In 1790, the new national government of the United States was attempting to establish itself. Because the government had assumed the debts incurred by the colonies during the Revolution the government was deep in debt.