USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Small-scale farmers also protested that Hamilton’s excise effectively gave unfair tax breaks to large distillers, most of whom were based in the east. There were two methods of paying the whiskey excise: paying a flat fee (per still) or paying by the gallon.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Whiskey Rebellion. In 1794, farmers from Western Pennsylvania rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation and provided the new nation, and George Washington, with a looming crisis. In 1791, Congress approved a new, federal tax on spirits and the stills that produced them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Western farmers felt the tax was an abuse of federal authority wrongly targeting a demographic that relied on crops such as corn, rye, and grain to earn a profit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Primary source documents from the Whiskey Rebellion are scattered throughout archives on the eastern seaboard, and no complete archive exists of the Rebellion. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and the National Archives all hold small collections of Whiskey Rebellion materials.

Detailed explanation-5: -Farmers throughout the western counties of many states resisted the excise tax on whiskey, and in some cases, organized their own local assemblies to represent their interests.