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What federal law was the focus of protests in the Whiskey Rebellion?

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the excise tax on whiskey

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Answer: excise tax

The Whiskey Rebellion responded to the excise tax proposed by Alexander Hamilton, Washington's Secretary of the Treasury in 1791.

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