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Hamilton included _____ as part of his second “Report on the Public Credit.” This provision was part of the government’s intention to use its taxing authority to increase federal revenue. Western farmers protested this by preventing government officers from executing the law, just as had occurred against the British in the 1760s. In the summer of 1794 President Washington led the army and successfully put down this _____.

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Hamilton included an excise tax on whiskey as part of his second "Report on the Public Credit." This provision was part of the government's intention to use its taxing authority to increase federal revenue. Western farmers protested this by preventing government officers from executing the law, just as had occurred against the British in the 1760s. In the summer of 1794, President Washington led the army and successfully put down this Whiskey Rebellion.