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The Whiskey Rebellion : a distilled history of an American crisis /

In March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a domestic excise tax on whiskey to balance America's national debt. The law, known colloquially as the "Whiskey Act," disproportionately penalized farmers in the backcountry, while offer...

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Main Author:	Crytzer, Brady (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, LLC, [2023]
Subjects:	Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794. United States > History > 1783-1815. Pennsylvania. United States. 1783-1815 History.

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