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INCOME-TAX DAY PROGRAMMING After you've paid we hope by Monday, the interactive "tax machine" will show where the money goes; programs will cover the Boston Tea Party and Whiskey Rebellion tax protests.
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After ratification of the Constitution, the powers of the new federal government were quickly tested in the early 1790s with the Whiskey Rebellion.
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Is that the definition of the word “militia” used in the Constitution or the Militia Act of 1792 or when Washington called forth the militia to deal with the Whiskey Rebellion?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010
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This was the first time a sitting president had put on anything remotely looking like a uniform since George Washington led troops against the Whiskey Rebellion in 1791.
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President Washington called forth the state militias to deal with the Whiskey Rebellion.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010
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After ratification of the Constitution, the powers of the new federal government were quickly tested in the early 1790s with the Whiskey Rebellion.
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Armies were sent out against the Indians, and against the backcountry farmers of the Pennsylvania frontier whose refusal to pay the new federal excise tax gave rise to the Whiskey Rebellion.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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This was the first time a sitting president had put on anything remotely looking like a uniform since George Washington led troops against the Whiskey Rebellion in 1791.
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Armies were sent out against the Indians, and against the backcountry farmers of the Pennsylvania frontier whose refusal to pay the new federal excise tax gave rise to the Whiskey Rebellion.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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If we rigorously return to original understanding, my study of the Whiskey Rebellion indicates it was commonly understood that a proper response to poor performance by a public official involved tar, feathers, half a haircut and, sometimes, an official tied to a tree to arrange an unobstructed view of a house-burning.
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