InThePastLane.com By Edward T. O'Donnell On August 7, 1794 President George Washington decided the time had come for action. Popular protest by farmers in western Pennsylvania against a new federal excise tax on whiskey … [Read more...]
The Young Republic in Peril: The Whiskey Rebellion
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