In an effort to prevent the specie (gold and silver Coin) deficient west from using whiskey as a private tender (money), non-partisan (nationalist) President Washington signs the Excise Tax Act of 1791, placing a 25% excise tax on distilled spirits produced west of the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains (which must be paid in lawful Money (gold and silver Coin).
NOTE: This act was unlawful as it was not “uniform throughout the united States,” as per Article I, Section 8 [Clause 1].
[updated 10/23/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 8, [Clause 1]
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Whiskey Tax Act, 1 Stat. 199, 202-03 (1791).
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1074, 1105.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 47, 50.
TTB | The Whiskey Rebellion
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