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Whiskey Rebellion<br />
Written Description<br />
The Whiskey Rebellion was a group of Pennsylvania farmers marching on<br />
Philadelphia (the U.S. capital at the time) to protest the excise tax placed on<br />
whiskey by Alexander Hamilton. George Washington organized an army of<br />
13,000 and marched to western Pennsylvania to end the rebellion. The farmers<br />
disbanded and Washington, by his actions, indicated when a tax was imposed<br />
through legislative action it had to be paid - it was the law. Washington showed<br />
that the federal government meant business.
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