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The Whiskey Rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion. March 1791 – Liquor Excise Tax. Congress passed an excise tax on domestically distilled spirits (liquor) system of local inspectors and collectors. Western Frontier Region Angered. Tax angers frontier region where liquor was often for personal use, not for sale

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The Whiskey Rebellion

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  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. 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. 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.

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