The Whiskey Rebellion : Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution.

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When President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "Whiskey Rebellion" marked the first large-scale...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slaughter, Thomas P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1986.
Temas:
1794
Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794.
Excise tax.
Whiskey > Taxation.
Taxation of articles of consumption.
Government, Resistance to > Pennsylvania.
Civil disobedience.
Taxation > Public opinion.
Civil Disorders
Rébellion du whisky, 1794.
Taxe d'accise.
Whisky > Impôts.
Impôt sur la consommation.
Résistance au gouvernement > Pennsylvanie.
Désobéissance civile.
Impôt > Opinion publique.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
GAMES > General.
Civil disobedience
Excise tax
Government, Resistance to
Taxation of articles of consumption
Taxation > Public opinion
Whiskey > Taxation
Pennsylvania > History.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire.
Pennsylvania
History
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Sumario:When President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "Whiskey Rebellion" marked the first large-scale resistance to a law of the U.S. government under the Constitution. This classic confrontation between champions of liberty and defenders of order was long considered the most significant event in the first quarter-century of the new nation. Thomas P. Slaughter recaptures the historical drama and sig.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (300 pages)
ISBN:9780199771875
0199771871
9780199923359
0199923353

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