Whiskey Rebellion - Whiskey Insurrection
Overview and links about the 1794 protest over the whiskey tax. Considered one of the first tests of the power of the new government.
www.whiskeyrebellion.org
The Whiskey Rebellion: A Model for Our Time
Another perspective from an article by Murray N. Rothbard, from an edition of The Free Market.
www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard1.html
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: The Whiskey Rebellion
Text from the proclamation by President George Washington about the duties upon spirits distilled in the United States and the call for military suppression of insurgents.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/proclamations/gwproc03.htm
The Whiskey Rebellion
Covers the issues as well as the involvement of western Pennsylvania.
www.nps.gov/frhi/whiskreb.htm
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