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What was the main cause of the Whiskey Rebellion?

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A whiskey tax imposed by Congress in 1791 was the reason for the Whiskey Rebellion. ... Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) proposed that the federal government assume responsibility for all the debts and pay them off with funds collected from various taxes, including the whiskey tax.

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