Whisky Rebellion

Cultural  

1. An insurrection that broke out in the early 1790s in western Pennsylvania. Hundreds of residents took arms against federal officials charged with collecting a tax on liquor distilled at home. Federal troops then put the rebellion down. Occurring only a few years after the adoption of the Constitution, the Whisky Rebellion was an important test of the power of the new federal government to enforce its laws.

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Example Sentences

Whisky Rebellion Cardhu is on the rocks with the Scotch Whisky Association.

From Time Magazine Archive

Washington did not let his qualms about state sovereignty keep him from reaching into Pennsylvania to stamp out the Whisky Rebellion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Americans have been historically disorderly in their response to leadership: a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia had its counterpoint in a Whisky Rebellion in the backwoods.

From Time Magazine Archive

They opposed putting down the Whisky Rebellion, in Pennsylvania, under the leadership of Jefferson and Randolph, and were outvoted in the Cabinet by Washington, Hamilton, and Knox.

From The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes by Howard, James Quay

And as they drove up before the Pinkwoods' modest home twelve tired but happy children with one accord voted the Whisky Rebellion capital fun and Aunt Polly a brick.

From A Parody Outline of History by Stewart, Donald Ogden