Whisky Rebellion

1. An insurrection that broke out in the early 1790s in western Pennsylvania . Hundreds of residents took arms against federal officials charged with collecting a tax on liquor distilled at home. Federal troops then put the rebellion down. Occurring only a few years after the adoption of the Constitution , the Whisky Rebellion was an important test of the power of the new federal government to enforce its laws.

Example Sentences

It was on this principle that President Washington suppressed the whisky rebellion in Pennsylvania in 1794.

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He was eminently useful in terminating the whisky rebellion.

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