Whiskey Rebellion Put Down! After Pennsylvania farmers were heavily taxed on all distilled alcohol for over six years, they finally had their complaints heard by the federal government. These debt-ridden farmers have been taxed on their distilled alcohol to the point where they are scrounging by with little money. They were in an already deep economic depression and many had lost their farms.…
On March 3rd, 1791, the federal government, with George Washington as acting President, had passed an excise tax on whiskey. The farmers mostly grew the grains, however giving their location in the western counties of Pennsylvania, made grain shipments near impossible to the east. Traveling with shipments were difficult and very time consuming because the Allegheny Mountains separated the west from the east. Almost all farmers, from small to lager, kept their whiskey stills and continued to make whiskey with their extra grain. Whiskey was often used as money to pay for salaries and for troops to fright in the war.…
The state of Maryland voted to tax all bank businesses that were not done with the state banks as a means to tax people who lived in Maryland but did business with banks in other states. After congress had passed an act that allowed Federal banks to be located within the individual states, Maryland passed an act that placed these and all other banks/financial institutions operating within the state under the taxation model of Maryland. Giving Maryland the right to tax these financial institutions. The case of McColloch v Maryland, a ground breaking- landmark of a case, dealt with the formation of a federal bank and a series of individual banks. Heard in 1819, the case was tried in the Supreme court.…
Moving on before the arrival of troops, America’s first moonshiners at the Whiskey Rebellion showed the signs of a nation split between an industry of legally distilled alcohol and a new black market of illegal moonshine (Watman 31). These rebels relocated to the wilderness in Kentucky, the slopes of the Blue Ridge, and the Smokey Mountains where they would be left alone and could escape government control. It was in these remote places that moonshiners, who opposed the tax, made and sold liquor while alluding tax collectors and capture. The Appalachian Mountains became a dangerous place as government officials encroached on moonshiners protecting their livelihood. The election of Thomas Jefferson, in 1800, brought about the repeal of the tax…
Many rebellions have happened over time but this one is Shays Rebellion. Although many think the farmers harmed the country, nevertheless they actually helped it so they hero fighters because they helped each other from unlawful punishments, spoke up for what they thought, and kept the government/ country growing. The farmers were hero fighters because they kept each other from the unlawful punishment by the Judges. This idea came from Daniel Gray when he wrote “now the government will not allow people to petition the court to make sure their imprisonment is lawful.…
America has had many problems since the start of the country, with all of these the country has stood strong. The causes and effects of the Whiskey Rebellion was a long lasting effect on America. The thing that caused the whiskey rebellion was, a tax protest that then later became know as the Whiskey Tax. Because of this people started to revolt due to the “tax on whiskey”. The tax on whiskey was basically a fundraiser to get the money back from the revolutionary war.…
The Irish were some of the most interesting and definitely major players in the construction and the politics of the United States we see today. What most do not know is, that after the Civil War, which many Irish fought in, the Irish provided a large part of the industrialization of America. Yes, the Irish rocked when it came to developing the infrastructure of America. They were considered the “canal and railroad builders of the United States” They ran factories, built railroads and were important factors in mining and building canals. Yes, they built the Erie Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge.…
Settlers in the American backcountry often protested to express the grievances with the Federal Government and the regulations and policies they set in place. Taxes of goods and crops were the root for the Whiskey and Shay Rebellions. The Shay Rebellion raised awareness for the need of s a stronger central government. Referring to the Shay Rebellion, historian Leonard L. Richards quotes, "fundamentally altering the course of U.S. history." Farmers in Massachusetts in 1786 were fed up with the government.…
Within the American Frontier there were multiple political, economical, and social changes through various rebellions in the 18th century. One of the four rebellions during this time was the March of the Paxton Boys. Many Pennsylvanian men had become outraged with the government because it was paying for the protection of Native Americans. During this “march”, 20 Conestoga Indians by 57 drunkard Pennsylvanians. Politically to hear out the rebellious men, Benjamin Franklin had marched with these men to Germantown to speak out their main grievances.…
This rebellion in American history, was the first uprising that afforded the new U.S. government its first opportunity to establish federal authority by military means within state boundaries. America can be seen as a country that has a love for alcohol as seen in the Whiskey Rebellion, this uprising started when the secretary of treasure proposed the idea of raising money for the national debt and to assert the power of the national government. This anger the people which eventually led to an uprising of settlers rebelling against the liquor tax imposed on them. This returns back to the reason why many Americans gave up their lives in the American Revolution, it was for mainly taxes being imposed on the…
The Revolutionary War is debatably the most important event in our country’s history. The war for the separation of the two regions was very complex, covered multiple issues, too many people died, and cost an enormous amount of money. The Whiskey Rebellion was an important couple of years which tested the United States Leadership and the policies they created. The second and third order of effects of the Whiskey Rebellion are just as important as the events as these events would go on shape American politics and the way the citizens viewed their government.…
Cromwell justified fighting in the war because of the ‘millions of Indians being so barbarously butchered by the Spaniards’. Of course using today’s values this can be seen as a power-hungry colonialist simply looking to expand territory overseas, however in Ireland the situation was slightly different. Cromwell would have seen Ireland as part of English. After all, the island had at least in theory been in English hands since the late 12th century. In Ireland Cromwell was punishing rebels.…
The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century were years of radical change in Ireland that forced the Irish people to define their identity. The Nationalist Movement, which drove this most of this change came to engulf the nation as a multifaceted call for the reclamation of an independent Irish identity though culture, religion, and policy which were greatly influenced by traditional Gaelic values. These values, shaped by Christianity, tribal culture, and farming, were the mainstay of Irish society prior to English rule. After years of rising conflict and civil war, the Treaty with England was signed in 1922 which granted Ireland independence, .…
As well as land and economic reasons, another factor resulting in the rebellion was Catholics unhappiness during the English Lord Deputy, Thomas Wentworth’s rule, many were unhappy with Wentworth’s policies in Ireland. In Scotland there was a successful victory against the British and so relations between England, Ireland and Scotland, the three kingdoms were in decline, there was also a decline in the relations between the catholic King Charles and the English parliament. Irish Catholics who were land owners and from the…
In this book, by Noel Ignativ, the author discusses “How the Irish became white”. The book was published first published in 1995, and then reprinted in 2009. There are 272 pages in this book. This book is about how the Irish became “white” by oppressing blacks, who were seen as the inferior race, in order to become a part of the superior race, or “whites”. Being white is considered a privilege, and in order to be apart of that the Irish had to conform.…