During the American Revolution the United States was in great debt. The government owed bonds to the soldiers and money they had borrowed from other countries. The debt was 54 million. The government needed to come up with a way to make money to help their country and get everything under control. Alexander Hamilton ,secretary of Treasury, came up with a way to help reduce their debt. He wanted to tax whiskey, it was commonly used and would help with the financial damage. This made everyone mad because that is how a lot of people made money, most just barely getting by. With all the tension building up and people refusing to pay the tax, their were outbreaks. Mobs lighting fire to houses of the people who payed the taxes, they we angry
