In July of 1794, a force of disaffected whiskey rebels attacked and destroyed the home of a tax inspector. The rebellion grew in numbers, if not in actions, and threatened to spread to other states.

However, the sin tax on alcohol dates back further to 1794 to pay our ... and let’s delve into how whiskey helped shape America’s federal government while sealing the fate of one of its most ambitious ...

Paul Guggenheimer Friday, July 12, 2019 7:50 p.m. | Friday, July 12, 2019 7:50 p.m. A multi-regional Whiskey ... rebellion ensued as the farmers refused to pay the tax and in the summer of 1794 ...

which led to a farmer-distillers protest and the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Many of these whiskeys were being made in a Monongahela style, named after a river running through Pennsylvania into ...