Attribute the thesis to Hogeland; it is not a neutral consensus or an argument that the tax was irrelevant.
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Hogeland frames the rebellion as the culmination of disputes over debt, wealth, representation and the meaning of the Revolution. Whiskey taxation is the immediate trigger within a longer political-economic struggle.
Prologue, “The President, the West, and the Rebellion”
Prologue, “The President, the West, and the Rebellion”
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Hogeland frames the rebellion as the culmination of disputes over debt, wealth, representation and the meaning of the Revolution. Whiskey taxation is the immediate trigger within a longer political-economic struggle.
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Attribute the thesis to Hogeland; it is not a neutral consensus or an argument that the tax was irrelevant.