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The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
Tariff of 1791 or Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was a United States statute establishing a taxation policy to further reduce ... University of Virginia. Lucas, Stephen E ...
The Civil War Income Tax and the Republican Party, 1861–1872. (New York: Algora Publishing, 2010) excerpt; Stabile, Donald. The Origins of American Public Finance: Debates over Money, Debt, and Taxes in the Constitutional Era, 1776–1836 (1998) excerpt and text search; Thorndike, Joseph J. Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR.
Some states, such as Virginia, had already repaid their debt. The policy of assumption, Hamilton argued, required expanded federal taxation, including a tariff and an excise tax on whiskey. Western farmers violently protested in the Whiskey Rebellion. Historian Max M. Edling has explained how assumptions worked.
The excise tax on distilled spirits, such as whiskey and vodka, that are 100 proof or less is $3.30 a gallon. Wyoming has the lowest beer tax, 2 cents a gallon, followed by Missouri and Wisconsin ...
David Bradford (1762–1808) was a successful lawyer and deputy attorney-general for Washington County, Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. He was infamous for his association with the Whiskey Rebellion, and his fictionalized escape to the Spanish-owned territory of West Florida (modern-day Louisiana) with soldiers at his tail.
Between June 2018 and December 2021 there was a 25% tax imposed on the spirit, which decreased American whiskey exports by 18%. Since that tariff’s suspension, the industry has sprung back to life.
As a local militia officer, he joined forces led by General Edward Braddock and Virginia colonel George Washington in the French and Indian War.. At the end of the war, the British treaty restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, so Neville settled in Frederick County, Virginia, made his home near Winchester (the county seat) and was elected sheriff.