Whiskey Rebellion Research Paper

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. There was many people involved in this whiskey rebellion but it was mostly farmers who revolted the tax on whiskey. Many were war veterans and families thinking this tax was wrong. All these people thought it was wrong because they thought if they made it themselves it should …show more content…
The battle of Bower Hill was one of the first battles of the Whiskey Rebellion. Militiamen surrounded a home where a federal marshal named General Neville was housed up. The militiamen demanded the General come out and surrender himself to the rebels. General Neville shot and wounded a rebel by the name of Oliver Miller. The rebels were unable to capture General Neville and fell back. The next day the rebels came back with more men, they demanded General Neville to come out. General Neville had received reinforcements shots were fired and there was a white flag hanging from the house. The General was not there, at least one to two militiamen were killed and the amount of U.S troops killed is unknown. Later the March on Pittsburg was underway. The leaders of the rebellion called a meeting in a field, where they had a protest. Thousands of people came even of who did not own a distillery. These men went and robbed the United States mail, and found out who in these towns opposed them in this revolution. Three men were banished and anyone else who opposed them were banished as well. The people of the rebellion wanted to secede from the United States and possibly be part of another country such as, Spain or Great Britain. Most protesters targeted wealthy property owners who had nothing to do with the tax on