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What was the Tax of 1791 suppose to do?

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Tax The colonists on whiskey and alchol
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The most famous tax of 1791 was the Excise Whiskey Tax, which put a federal tax on domestic and imported alcohol. It was wildly unpopular and led to the Whiskey Rebellion. 
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