Whiskey Rebellion Liberty or Death Flag the bear Slight scoop neck

Slight scoop neck

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on October 18

sporting a bald eagle combover of freedom

Whiskey Rebellion Liberty or Death Flag the bear Slight scoop neckWith the Revolutionary War over, the newly created Federal government decided to assume the war debts of the individual states. In 1791 Congress placed an excise tax on whiskey to pay the debt. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton came up with the idea. Farmers west of the Allegheny Mountains immediately took the tax as a personal assault. Whiskey was not only the drink of choice amongst the inhabitants ofthe West, but it served, as one wit