USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Whiskey Rebellion was a response to the excise tax proposed by Alexander Hamilton, who was Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury in 1791.

Detailed explanation-2: -A force of 13, 000 militia troops, led by Hamilton and Virginia governor Henry Lee, marched into western Pennsylvania. By the time the federal force arrived, the rebellion had collapsed and most of the rebels had fled.

Detailed explanation-3: -The creation of this excise tax, which helped spark the conflict that became the whiskey rebellion, was led by Alexander Hamilton, George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, in an effort to pay off debts from the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -President George Washington responded to the rebellion by sending a 12, 000 soldiers to Pennsylvania to confront the rebels, who disbanded without a single shot fired. The Whiskey Rebellion marked the first major challenge to federal authority in the young United States.