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Events on Wednesday 16 July 1794 1
1794Whiskey RebellionPennsylvania farmers violently resist a federal tax on distilled spiritsFarmers in western Pennsylvania attacked tax collectors and officials enforcing a federal excise tax on whiskey. President George Washington personally led a militia force to suppress the uprising, the first major test of federal authority under the new Constitution. The rebellion collapsed without significant fighting once the militia arrived.