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POST- REVOLUTIONARY
TAX REVOLT
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The American Archive - IBUKI

After the American Revolution, the United States government was confronted by several tax resistance campaigns. Three were suppressed militarily.

Shays' Rebellion

Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts, mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787.

The Whiskey Rebellion

he Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. the rebellion was ultimately under the command of American Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane.

Fries's Rebellion

Fries's Rebellion began in opposition to a federal window-tax instituted by the Adams administration, with resisters impeding the tax assessors and refusing to pay the assessed taxes. This resistance movement, too, was successfully suppressed by the federal government when it rose to the level of armed rebellion.