Whiskey Rebellion
Proper noun
Meaning
the Whiskey Rebellion
(historical) A protest in the United States against a new tax on distilled spirits, beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington.
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Bernadette Meyler, a professor at Stanford Law School, says the precedents in these cases go back to the earliest days of the Republic, when President Washington used his pardon powers to grant amnesty to some of the conspirators in the Whiskey Rebellion.
George Washington pardoned plotters of the Whiskey Rebellion, shielding them from treason prosecutions.
It also was a highly coveted sundry and when an additional excise tax was levied against it, the Whiskey Rebellion erupted in 1791. citation The drinking of Scotch whisky was introduced to India in the nineteenth century.
The first presidential pardon, issued by George Washington, forgave two men of treason during the Whiskey Rebellion.
During Washington's presidency, Hamilton had been able to influence the federal response to the Whiskey Rebellion (which threatened the government's power to tax citizens).
Kaplan, p. 155. This provoked resistance in southeastern Pennsylvania, led primarily by men such as John Fries who had marched with Washington against the Whiskey Rebellion.