[Alberta's Child]

Maybe you misunderstand the Whiskey Rebellion, the events surrounding it, and its aftermath.

Many of the "insurrectionists" were former soldiers in the American Revolution who took up arms because they decided that the Federal government in Washington, D.C. was no better than King George III.

Most of these "insurrectionists" were either acquitted of any crimes, or were eventually pardoned.

The whiskey tax was eliminated after Thomas Jefferson took office in 1801.

I don't know ... it sounds to me as if the "rebels" were right all along.

[Lurker]

And because of the WR we have Kentucky Bourbon.

Thank God.

L

[BroJoeK]

Alberta's Child: "I don't know ... it sounds to me as if the "rebels" were right all along."

The US Constitution specifically authorizes the Federal Government to repel invasions and suppress insurrections, rebellions, "domestic violence" or treason.
So President Washington's actions especially in 1794 regarding the Whiskey Rebellion clearly express Founders' Original Intent.
That military operation resulted in several killed and 170 captured.

In Kentucky, over a six year period, 175 distillers were convicted of violating the Whiskey tax law.

But the government's relative leniency toward rebels, eventual pardon of their leaders and revoking the Whiskey tax after 1801, that is now typical of Washington DC's response to rebellions since, including the one started in 1861.