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A Dictionary of American History
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Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion The 1791 federal excise tax heavily burdened pioneers in western Pa., where distilling was barely profitable before the tax. Small-scale violence flared in 1791–3, until July 1794 when law officers tried to summon 60 tax evaders for trial at Philadelphia’s federal court. Rioters burned the chief tax collector’s home, killed a US soldier, and openly discussed leaving the Union. On 7 August 1794, George Washington called out militia from Pa., N.J., Md., and Va.; when he led 12,900 troops across the mountains that fall, resistance collapsed. One hundred and fifty suspected rebels were arrested, 20 were sent east for trial, and 2 were sentenced to death for treason in May 1795, but Washington pardoned both.
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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Whiskey Rebellion," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed December 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EMU99W3MKBRSSG.
MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Whiskey Rebellion." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 10 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EMU99W3MKBRSSG.
Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Whiskey Rebellion' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 10 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EMU99W3MKBRSSG.
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