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The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
The 1794 State of the Union Address was delivered by the first president of the United States, George Washington, to a joint session of the 3rd United States Congress on November 19, 1794. The speech came in the aftermath of the Whiskey Rebellion , an armed insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania against the federal excise tax on ...
PA 34 S of Carlisle, between Noble Blvd. & W Ridge St. Roadside American Revolution, Cities & Towns, Government & Politics, Whiskey Rebellion Carlisle July 30, 1947: PA 34 N of Carlisle, at PA Turnpike overpass
An 1859 Reading Times article, "A Condensed History of the Reading Artillerists", reported that the Reading Artillerists was founded in 1799 for the purpose of quelling the celebrated Whiskey Rebellion," [5] but the exact founding date was half a decade earlier on March 23, 1794, according to Berks County historian Morton L. Montgomery.
October 14: Washington reviews the army assembled against the Whiskey Rebellion. January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of Vermont and Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states. [1]
In 1794, Carlisle Barracks became the center of intense federal military activity with the outbreak of the Whiskey Rebellion in the Pennsylvania backcountry. President George Washington journeyed to the barracks to review the troops—perhaps as many as 10,000 men. The crisis was posed by farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania, who refused to pay ...
The Mingo Creek Society, a group of dissidents founded in February 1794 that became involved in protest against the federal whiskey excise tax, met there. [2] It would serve as a focal point in the development of the Whiskey Rebellion, even becoming the site of militia musters in the fight against federal forces. [2]
Bradford and his family occupied the house only for 6 years, until 1794, when he fled following the Whiskey Rebellion. [2] It was in this home [5] that author Rebecca Harding Davis was born on June 24, 1831. [6] A historical marker honoring her a few blocks away was the first dedicated to a woman in Washington, Pennsylvania. [7]