John Holcroft wrote the first article during this event that espoused the phrase "hurrah for Tom the Tinker."
John Holcroft wrote the first article during this event that espoused the phrase "hurrah for Tom the Tinker." Albert Gallatin, the future Secretary of the Treasury, failed to prevent this event at the Redstone meetings. The residents of Hagerstown put up liberty poles to support one side during this event. A local militia commander named James McFarlane died during this event while the home of the tax collector John(*) Neville was being attacked. An army during this event was derisively nicknamed the "Watermelon Army." Governor Robert Mifflin refused to call out the state militia during this revolt, which was put down by Light-Horse Harry Lee and Alexander Hamilton. For 10 points, name this rebellion in Western Pennsylvania over a tax on spirits.
John Holcroft wrote the first article during this event that espoused the phrase "hurrah for Tom the Tinker."
Whiskey Rebellion [or Whiskey Revolt]