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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.
The 1794 State of the Union Address was delivered by the 1st President of the United States, George Washington, to a joint session of the Third United States Congress on November 19, 1794. The speech came in the aftermath of the Whiskey Rebellion, an armed insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania against the federal excise tax on ...
1791–1794 – Whiskey Rebellion, Western Pennsylvania (anti-excise tax on whiskey) 1799 – Fries's Rebellion , 1799–1800, Tax revolt by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers, Pennsylvania 19th century
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October 14: Washington reviews the army assembled against the Whiskey Rebellion. January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of Vermont and Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states. [1]
Whiskey Rebellion: 1791–1794 Western Pennsylvania: Frontier tax protesters Tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, over 175 distillers from Kentucky were convicted of violating the tax law. [9] Suppressed by an army personally led by President Washington: No specific events Fries's Rebellion: 1799–1800 Rebel farmers
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1794 – Whiskey Rebellion [5] 1794 – Battle of Fallen Timbers [6] 1795 – Treaty of Greenville; 1795 – Jay's Treaty; 1795 – 11th Amendment "ratified by 12 of the then 15 states" [7] 1795 – Pinckney's Treaty (also called Treaty of San Lorenzo) [8] 1796 – Tennessee becomes the 16th state [9] (formerly part of North Carolina) 1796 ...