1. The Whiskey Rebellion

2. March 1791 – Liquor Excise Tax  Congress passed an excise tax on domestically distilled spirits (liquor)  system of local inspectors and collectors

3. Western Frontier Region Angered  Tax angers frontier region where liquor was often for personal use, not for sale  Also, other farmers it was their main source of income

4. Rebellion - July 1794  Unsuccessfully petition against the excise tax,  Beat up Federal Marshalls, burned homes of tax collectors, harassed citizens sympathetic to the gov.  Threatened to secede from the Union A tax collector is tarred and feathered during the Whiskey Rebellion

5. What Should be done? And who has the power to do it?

6. August 2, 1794 ► Supreme Court rules that circumstances in W. PA cannot be controlled by civil authorities and warrant a military response. ► GW calls for a militia Flag used in some protests of the Whiskey Rebellion

7. August 7, 1794 ► Militia in PA, NJ, MD, and VA to assemble a force of nearly 13,000 men ► G.W. offers amnesty to all insurgents who "disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes" by September 1.

8. September 25, 1794  Washington issues a proclamation ordering the militia to march against the insurgents  As troops hike the region, rebels scatter  No loss of life, rebellion is squashed.