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was an uprising that had its origins in 1791 and culminated in an insurrection in 1794 in the Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania by Appalachian settlers who fought against the excise tax on liquor and distilled drinks. The tax was proposed and imposed by Secretary of the Teasury Alexander Hamilton. [1]
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* 1 Rebellion
* 2 Consequences
* 3 See also
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Rebellion
By the summer of 1794, tensions reached a fevered pitch all along the western frontier as the pioneer/settlers primary source of commerce was threatened by the federal taxation measures. Finally the civil protests became an armed rebellion, when the first shots were fired at the Oliver Miller Homestead in present day South Park Township Pennsylvania – about ten miles south of Pittsburgh. As word of the rebellion spread across the frontier, a whole series of loosely organized resistance measures were taken, including robbing the mail, stopping court proceedings, and threatening an
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