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Whiskey Rebellion

Fact: The "whiskey tax" became law in 1791, and was intended to generate revenue for the war debt incurred during the Revolutionary War

Krom, Cynthia L., and Stephanie Krom. “THE WHISKEY TAX OF 1791 AND THE CONSEQUENT INSURRECTION: "A WICKED AND HAPPY TUMULT".” The Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, The Academy of Accounting Historians, 2013, pp. 91–113, doi:10.2308/0148-4184.40.2.91.

DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.40.2.91

Quote: This Whiskey Tax act (the Act) passed in the House on January 27, 1791, by a vote of 35 yeas to 21 nays, passed the Senate on February 12, 1791, by a vote of 20 to 5, and was signed by the President on March 3, 1791 [U.S. Senate, 1911, pp. 337-338]. In both the House and the Senate, Pennsylvania delegate votes were split equally, giving no hint of the trouble to come.

Bibliography

Bellino, Grace. “Whiskey in Early America.” International Social Science Review, vol. 94, no. 1, Pi Gamma Mu, 2018, pp.

1–24.

This book offers a diverse perspective from the Wikipedia article. It shares that “monks and alchemists distilled whiskey as did farmers.” The Wikipedia article only mentions farmers distilling whiskey.

Krom, Cynthia L., and Stephanie Krom. "The Whiskey Tax of 1791 and the consequent insurrection: 'a wicked and happy

tumult'." Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, Dec. 2013, pp. 91+. Gale OneFile: Business,

link.gale.com/apps/doc/A355938706/GPS?u=tel_a_pstcc&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=6b378474. Accessed 3 Oct. 2021.

This source mentions the interactions between the people of western Pennsylvania and the Native American Indians at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion. It states that it was “bloody and violent on both sides.” Pittsburg was preparing for battle against the Indians, and the Neville Connection capitalized on this selling whiskey to the men of the army.