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- I think to help get rid of the country's debt we must put a tax on whiskey .
- I don't think putting a tax on whiskey would be good.
- Do you think it would be a good idea to put a tax on whiskey?
- I think that it would be a good idea.
- I think it is.
- Leave and don't come back if you don't want to get hurt.
- Okay. Please just don't hurt me.
- In 1790 Alexander Hamilton, the Treasury Secretary, pushed for the government to take over the country's debt. He suggested putting a tax on whiskey to get rid of the debt. At first Washington didn’t agree with the idea of putting tax on whiskey. This would end up leading to the Whiskey Rebellion.
- In 1791 Washington traveled to Virginia and Pennsylvania to ask citizens about the law. He also asked local government officials about the law and they thought it was a good idea. Since Washington had gotten good feedback on the law he decided to take it to congress. Then Congress passed it, however after it was passed a lot of protests began.
- The farmers are going around and attacking the tax collectors.
- Then you are allowed to respond with military action.
- When the law was passed the law didn't do so well. The law didn't do well because people wouldn't pay the tax. Instead they would attack the tax collectors or they would threaten them. People would tar and feather collectors. This would end up causing George Washington to go to the Supreme Court and ask to use Military force.
- Get down on the ground.
- Have you guys been attacking the tax collectors?
- An event that happened during the rebellion was the attack and The Destruction of Bower Hill. On the morning of July 16, 1794 a group of men had gone to the house of John Neville and told him that Lenox needed to go with them. However John didn’t believe them so shot into the coward. The next day 700 men went back to his house and asked Neville to surrender, however he had already escaped. So the mob asked the soldiers there protecting Neville to surrender and when they didn’t the mob opened fire and burn down houses after their leader died.
- Hey Neville, Lenox has to come with us, it is for his own safety.
- At first Washington opted for a peace envoy, however that didn't work. So Washington went to see his cabinet officials and they looked for evidence showing that the rebels were violent. Then they went to the Supreme Court and presented the evidence to them. James Wilson said that Washington could respond with military force.
- Washington assembled a federal militia of 12,000 men. When they first met the rebels, the rebels told them that they weren’t needed. However Washington didn’t believe them so he marched into Western Pennsylvania. When they got there they were met with angry citizens, however there was little violence. Also a rebel army never showed up so the militia only rounded up people who looked like suspects.
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