If George Washington hadn't called out Federal Troops to forcibly collect taxes, where would we be today?
"as part of compromises led adoption of united states constitution in 1789, new federal government agreed assume revolutionary war debts of 13 states. in 1791, pay off resulting national debt, congress used new constitutional authority "lay , collect taxes, duties, imposts , excises" , passed first nationwide internal revenue tax—an excise tax on distilled spirits....
beginning, federal government had little success in collecting whiskey tax along frontier. while many small western distillers refused pay tax, others took more violent stand against it. federal revenue officers , local residents assisted them bore brunt of protester's ire. tax rebels tarred , feathered several whiskey tax collectors , threatened or beat many offered them office space or housing. result, many western counties never had resident federal tax official...
anti-whiskey tax violence spread other counties along frontier...
on september 19, 1794, george washington became sitting u.s. president lead troops in field when led militia on month-long march west on allegheny mountains town of bedford."
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"as part of compromises led adoption of united states constitution in 1789, new federal government agreed assume revolutionary war debts of 13 states. in 1791, pay off resulting national debt, congress used new constitutional authority "lay and...
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