the simple farmer and the elite businessmen. As shown above‚ these two political parties had drastically different views on how the government should be run. Their different ideologies are apparent in the controversy of the Whiskey Rebellion. The Rebellion began when
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and poor‚ just as it has today. As the presidential election of 1800 approached‚ many people realized that Federalist policies became a failure or favored very little. The passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts‚ the Judiciary Act of 1801‚ Whiskey Rebellion‚ Jay’s Treaty‚ and Hamilton’s economic programs all led to the revolution of 1800 that was deserved. The Federalists’ decision to approach these problems proved to be unfavorable and unjust. The Alien and Sedition acts‚ for example‚ were meant
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Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies then moved to the new colonies later on. Although he was not born in the colonies the the founding fathers never questioned his integrity or brains. He fought for our constitution‚ which is how we are where we are today. Hamilton was a big participant in the new government. He was the treasury secretary. Hamilton was a federalist who wrote more than half of the essays in the federalist papers. Hamilton had many ideas in the new colonies that
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Washington. Firstly and foremost‚ George Washington was the commander in chief during the Revolutionary war‚ so his role was crucial to it’s victory for America. Secondly‚ George Washington had served as head of the militia forces during the Whiskey Rebellion to save America when it was still considered young. Finally‚ Washington had facilitated the Jay treaty‚ preventing the still young America from a war with Britain‚ which it wasn’t prepared for. Firstly‚ George Washington was commander in chief
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not leave settlement of the so-called Whiskey Rebellion to Pennsylvania‚ as the Confederation Congress had left Shay’s Rebellion to Massachusetts. At Hamilton’s urging‚ Washington called out the militias of three states‚ raised an army of nearly 15‚000‚ and personally led the troops into Pennsylvania. As the militiamen approached Pittsburgh‚ the center of the resistance‚ the rebellion quickly collapsed. The federal government won the allegiance of the whiskey rebels by intimidating them. It won the
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Amendment; taking away the rights of the people is exactly what the British did to the American people. How the government dealt with the Whiskey and Shay’s Rebellion showed that the political system did not change. (Doc. G) The government sent the military to stop both rebellions. The Americans followed the British in sending the military to stop the rebellions. After the American Revolution the American society did not
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spirits to help raise funds. The tax angered farmers because it was easier for them to transport distilled spirits of their grain rather than the raw grain itself‚ and they were forced to pay higher costs than larger producers. The result was the Whiskey Rebellion‚ a series of protests against the tax. The most radical protest was in western Pennsylvania‚ where an assembly led by rebels such as Albert Gallatin and Henry Brackenridge was formed. Gallatin advocated against violence‚ but radicals brutally
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The post-revolutionary war period of the Unites States saw the establishment of the first party system and an enlarging gap in viewpoints between the wealthy and the common man. One might argue that a political party develops in response to a series of controversial issues yet to a great extent the contradictory views of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over issues related to views of government‚ the role of government and social philosophy in foreign and domestic affairs‚ were primarily responsible
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Ordinance of 1787. Those in favor of a stronger central government became known as the Nationalists‚ and they wanted the federal government to have more power than the states’ governments. Their concerns were exemplified after Shay’s Rebellion in 1786. Although the rebellion was blown out of proportion‚ it convinced many that a stronger government was needed to control similar outbursts in the future. The government’s inability to tax and raise an army‚ as well as their lack of central power‚ led
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The Multiple Choice Section This section can be extremely challenging. Each question has 5 possible responses. The raw score for this section is figured by adding one point for each correct answer and subtracting 1/4 point for each one that is answered incorrectly. The incorrect answers are called distractors‚ and some of them will seem like they could be right. But there is always only one correct answer‚ and if you fill in more than one oval for a particular question on your response sheet‚
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