The whiskey rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion,[object Object],Peyton Smith ,[object Object]

What it is?,[object Object],The Whiskey Rebellionwas a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. The farmers who sold their corn in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented. It was also a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton’s program to pay off the national debt.,[object Object]

How it was possible?,[object Object],The events that led up to the Whiskey Rebellion began when Alexander Hamilton put together an agreement between the states and the federal government that said the federalists would assume all the debts incurred by the states after the Revolutionary War. The states in return, agreed that the nation's capital city would be moved south from Philadelphia to a piece of backwoods, mosquito-infested swampland located on the banks of the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. Thenlike all good taxes a whiskey tax was bound to hurt some more than others, and in this case it was bound to hurt those in the west most of all.,[object Object]

Importance of the rebellion?,[object Object],It can be seen as a struggle between the government trying to enforce tax and law, and the people trying to exercise their freedoms.,[object Object]

The whiskey rebellion

The whiskey rebellion

Recomendados

Mais conteúdo relacionado

Mais procurados

Mais procurados(18)

Similar a The whiskey rebellion

Similar a The whiskey rebellion(20)

Último

Último(20)

The whiskey rebellion