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The purpose of the whiskey tax was to help pay off debts to other country's after the war. It has also been a tool used by temperance activists and neo-prohibitionists to reduce alcohol consumption.
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What was the purpose on tax on whiskey?
The purpose of the whiskey tax was to help pay off debts to other country's after the war.
What was the purpose of the excise tax on whiskey?
The purpose of the whiskey tax was to help pay off debts to other country's after the war.
What was the purpose of tax on whiskey?
The purpose of the whiskey tax was to help pay off debts to other country's after the war.
How do you explain the Whiskey Rebellion?
The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest in the United States against a tax that was levied against whiskey. The purpose of the tax was to pay for debt that had accumulated during the American War of Independence.
What founding fathers didn't support the whiskey tax and why?
it was not the whiskey tax, i was the tea tax (stamp act)
What did the ''Whiskey Boys ''do to tax collectors?
The whiskey boys hurt the tax collectors all the time.
A tax on this outraged backcountry farmers?
Whiskey tax
What year was the whiskey rebellion against excise tax on whiskey?
The tax bill was passed in 1791. The actual rebellion was in 1794.
What tax did congress pass that upseted the farmers?
tax on whiskey
Caused rebellion in Pennsylvania?
The federal whiskey tax produced the whiskey rebellion.
How did the tax lead whiskey rebellion?
Farmers who produced small amounts of whiskey for trade argued they could not afford the tax. By 1794 fighting had broken out. Farmers lashed out on the whiskey tax. Protestors refused to pay the tax. Some called themselves the "new sons of Liberty"
How did the whiskey rebellion reflect a continuing edorsemt of revolutionary principles?
it was caused by the whiskey tax
