Whiskey distilled from surplus corn was at the heart of this 1794 rebellion by western Pennsylvania farmers.
The farmers refused to pay a federal excise tax on whiskey, which was easier to store and transport than corn and was even used as currency.
President George Washington stopped the rebellion with a force of 13,000 militiamen.
The tax itself was repealed once Thomas Jefferson took office as president in 1801.
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