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The article dates the federal distilled-spirits excise to March 3, 1791, connects it to Revolutionary War debt, and notes that the payment structure weighed more heavily on small frontier distillers.
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Excise tax and Whiskey Rebellion
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The article dates the federal distilled-spirits excise to March 3, 1791, connects it to Revolutionary War debt, and notes that the payment structure weighed more heavily on small frontier distillers.
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