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Whiskey Rebellion reshaped colonial farming and markets
The article traces how colonial farmers used whiskey to market grain, noting distilling flourished in Appalachia and beyond. It recounts excise taxes, farmer distillers resisting in Washington County, the 1794 federal crackdown led by Washington and Hamilton, and the decline of distilling by 1840 as roads and markets improved.
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Applachians
General Assembly
Congress
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Scotland
Ireland
Thomas Mifflin
Washington
Treasury
Tary
Alexander Hamilton
Daniel Morgan
Henry Lee