num_pages: 79
description: From the "Centered in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Whiskey Rebellion occurred in the summer and fall of 1794 when farmers, distillers, and artisans protested a federal excise tax on whiskey, through armed demonstrations. It had been three years since the hated excise law had been passed. Congress had been petitioned for repeal --- excise collectors or their associates had been tarred and feathered, all to no apparent effect. When the U.S. Marshal appeared in the region with writs for noncomplying distillers to appear in U.S. Circuit Court in Philadelphia, it was too much to bear. A government which appeared insensitive to westerns' needs was now taking awy their right to a trial in their vicinage. Violence broke out with the alleged killing of a protestor by the Inspector of Revenue. The insurrection lasted only about eight weeks, but it was a tense period for the nation as it teetered on the brink of civil war." This book also provides the only known guide to Whiskey Rebellion associated sites in the seven-county region.
language: English
title: The Whiskey Rebellion: Southwestern Pennsylvania's Frontier People Test the American Constitution
titlecomplete: The Whiskey Rebellion: Southwestern Pennsylvania's Frontier People Test the American Constitution
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Pennsylvania Historical &