Question

Which of the following contributed to the Whiskey Rebellion?

Which of the following contributed to the Whiskey Rebellion?

1 Farmers could not afford the tax on whiskey.
2 Farmers found whiskey difficult to transport
3 Spain was blocking trade along the Mississippi River.
4 The federal government was overprotective of the settlers.

Answer 1

A whiskey tax imposed by Congress in 1791 was the reason for the Whiskey Rebellion. ... Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) proposed that the federal government assume responsibility for all the debts and pay them off with funds collected from various taxes, including the whiskey tax.

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