Today in Wheeling History: November 29--Ohio County residents William Sutherland, John Moore, Robert Stephenson, John McCormick, and William McKinley are pardoned by Virginia Governor Henry Lee for participation in the Whiskey Rebellion (1794).
The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. Following years of aggression with tax collectors, the region finally exploded in a confrontation that resulted in President Washington sending in troops to quell what some feared could become a full-blown revolution. Opposition to the whiskey tax and the rebellion itself built support for the Republicans, who overtook Washington’s Federalist Party for power in 1802. The Whiskey Rebellion is considered one of the first major tests of the authority of the newly formed U.S. government. (https://tinyurl.com/5dmzsabu) (https://tinyurl.com/36jrrzaz) (https://tinyurl.com/3ydkmxsw)
The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. Following years of aggression with tax collectors, the region finally exploded in a confrontation that resulted in President Washington sending in troops to quell what some feared could become a full-blown revolution. Opposition to the whiskey tax and the rebellion itself built support for the Republicans, who overtook Washington’s Federalist Party for power in 1802. The Whiskey Rebellion is considered one of the first major tests of the authority of the newly formed U.S. government. (https://tinyurl.com/5dmzsabu) (https://tinyurl.com/36jrrzaz) (https://tinyurl.com/3ydkmxsw)
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