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In history, we are taking the Whiskey Rebellion...and why was it uunfair...

so give me some ideas...why the Government should repeal this tax on whiskey ( according to poor farmers or people...)

please..10 points for the first best answer

2007-03-01 10:49:47 · 3 answers · asked by hey 3 in Arts & Humanities History

3 answers

The tax on whiskey was bitterly and fiercely opposed on the frontier from the day it was passed. Western farmers considered it to be both unfair and discriminatory, since they had traditionally converted their excess grain into liquor. The whiskey thus produced could easily be transported and sold while the grain itself could not. Since the nature of the tax affected those who sold the whiskey, it directly affected many farmers. Many protest meetings were held, and a situation arose which was reminiscent of the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 before the American Revolution.

2007-03-01 11:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Cornbread 2 · 1 0

THe Government should reapel the whiskey tax because it was causing farmers to lose a lot of money. This was bad for the economy,

HOPE I HELPED!

2007-03-01 10:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Farmers and distillers of the time (1791)were against the new law taxing whiskey.
They began a series of disturbances in protest(1794).
It was important because it was the first time the federal government had been tested as far as enforcement of laws.
Also it was the first time the President (Washington)commanded the militias.

2007-03-01 11:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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