MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE WHISKEY REBELLION
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Question
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The organizers of the Whiskey Rebellion used a lot of the same rallying cries and methods that had been used a few decades before during the years leading up to the American Revolution. What was one of these?
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“Armed uprising by frontier farmers”
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“Not in my house.”
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“No Taxation Without Representation"
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion threatened the stability of the nascent United States and forced President Washington to personally lead the United States militia westward to stop the rebels.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Whiskey Rebellion was an uprising of Western Pennsylvania farmers that took place between 1791-1794 in response to Alexander Hamilton’s excise tax on whiskey.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Whiskey Rebellion was the first test of federal authority in the United States. This rebellion enforced the idea that the new government had the right to levy a particular tax that would impact citizens in all states.
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