Whiskey Rebellion

Who wanted to create a tax on whiskey?

• Hamilton

• Jefferson

• Madison

• Washington

What reasons were given for a whiskey tax? (check all that apply)

• create an economy

• raise money to pay the debt

• punish the people

• discourage heavy drinking

About how much did the small farmer make a year?

• $100

• $30

• $20

• $500

How much did small famers end up having to pay in taxes on their whiskey?

• $6

• $20

• $100

• $10

Why was the tax hard on small farmers?

• It wasn't

• They didn't make that much whiskey or money

• They had big families

• They lived far away from big cities

What was one way we talked about that small farmers used whiskey?

• to bug their neighbors

• to water crops

• to treat wounds

• like money

How did farmers protest the whiskey tax?

• tar and feather tax collectors

• hang an effigy of the tax collectors

• threaten the tax collectors

• they didn't pay

What did Hamilton want to do when the farmers protested?

• nothing

• march troops on them

• write a strongly worded letter

• repeal the tax

What did Washington end up doing the first time the farmers protested?

• send in troops

• nothing

• write a strongly worded letter

• urge congress to repeal the tax

What did Jefferson (privately) say the tax would do?

• bring the country together

• discourage drinking

• raise money for the debt

• break apart the country