THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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He had Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton remove the Whiskey Tax
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He called out the State Militia’s and put down the rebellion without a fight.
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He captured or killed all of the rebel leaders, ending the rebellion.
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He did nothing because he believed the rebels had a Constitutional right to rebel.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Washington called up the state militias from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey, which ultimately amounted to close to 13, 000 troops, to put down the rebellion by force if necessary.
Detailed explanation-2: -President Washington sought to resolve this dispute peacefully. In 1792, he issued a national proclamation admonishing westerners for their resistance to the “operation of the laws of the United States for raising revenue upon spirits distilled within the same."2 However, by 1794 the protests became violent.
Detailed explanation-3: -On August 7, 1794 the President issued another proclamation calling for the rebels to disperse and return to their homes as well as invoking the Militia Act of 1792 5 which allowed the President to use State military (militiamen) to put an end to the rebellion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Washington’s strong response to the Whiskey Rebellion became, as future-President James Madison put it, “a lesson to every part of the Union against disobedience to the laws.”
Detailed explanation-5: -Determined to set a precedent for the federal government’s authority, President George Washington gathered an army of 12, 000 militiamen to disperse the rebels. The uprising collapsed, and the new government demonstrated that it would enforce laws enacted by Congress.