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Here is a pretty good discussion of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion

1) federal government had used strong military force to exert authority over the nation's citizens.
2)one of only two times that a sitting President would personally command the military in the field.
3) US citizens who wished to change the law learned that they had to do so peacefully through constitutional means; otherwise, the government would meet any threats to disturb the peace with force.
4) small whiskey producers and other settlers to relocate to the then-frontier lands of Kentucky and Tennessee, which were outside the sphere of Federal control for many years. In these frontier areas, they also found good corn-growing country and therefore began making whisky from corn.
5) Additionally, the rebellion and its suppression helped turn people away from the Federalist Party and toward the Democratic Republican Party. This is shown in the 1794 Philadelphia congressional election, in which upstart Democratic Repubican John Swanwick won a stunning victory over incumbent Federalist Thomas Fitzsimons, carrying 7 of 12 districts and 57% of the vote.

The whiskey tax was repealed in 1803, having been largely unenforceable outside of Western Pennsylvania, and never having been collected with much success.

2006-10-01 13:29:19 · answer #1 · answered by newsgirlinos2 5 · 0 0

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