Whiskey Rebellion In The 1790s

Whiskey rebellion also known as “Whiskey Insurrection” happened in the western Pennsylvania in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. This was one of the huge conflicts that United States had to face after American Revolution. George Washington and many more people from federal government thought that the Whiskey Rebellion was the single most significant event in the history of the United States in the 1790s. This event caused many problems and issues for the people and government of the United States, because of the disagreement they had about the tax on whiskey. After the Revolutionary war, the United States had borrowed money to meet expenses. Government needed to find a way to pay all those debts and the only possible way for them was to add on taxes. “In 1791 Congress placed an excise tax on whiskey; an idea suggested by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton as a measure to help retire the …show more content…
The government tried to pay all their debts by putting pressure on their citizens to pay tax on something really important in that time Whiskey. This shows how much the government’s law can affect their citizen’s professional and personal lives. In Whiskey rebellion people learned that even if they disagree with something that government was doing, they should not act violence. Rebellions were hurting not only tax collectors but also regular people who obeyed the law and were paying their taxes. So, President Washington sent his troops to go and end that rebellion because it was hurting a lot of citizens. This proof how much United States government and military became stronger after the revolution. Before revolution for ending those kind of problems, never the country’s troop was involved. However, United States became so powerful that for protecting their people, they send an army that had more troops that they had for whole