MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE WHISKEY REBELLION
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Question
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The national government stopped the rebellion showing it was much stronger under the new Constitution.
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the farmers protested and the war of 1812 broke out as a result
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Embargo Act was implemented to cut off all trade with Europe
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the National Bank is set up to fund the rebellion
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrated that the new national government had the will and ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws, though the whiskey excise remained difficult to collect. The events contributed to the formation of political parties in the United States, a process already under way.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two men, John Mitchell and Philip Weigel, were found guilty of treason, though both were pardoned by President Washington. By 1802, then President Thomas Jefferson repealed the excise tax on whiskey. Under the eye of President Washington, the nascent United States survived the first true challenge to federal authority.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was a result of the political debates over the Whiskey Rebellion? “republican Revolution"? He reversed Federalist policies.