Supports a bounded interpretive claim that the rebellion cannot be reduced to liquor or tax administration alone.
Slaughter introduces the rebellion as a climactic early-national conflict and then enumerates representation, taxation, East–West tension, citizen rights, frontier policy, and federalism among its contexts.
The Whiskey Rebellion illustrates some of the bonds among society, politics, regionalism, ideology, and conflict during the Revolutionary era.
PDF p. 11; printed p. 4
PDF p. 11; printed p. 4
Introduction
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The Whiskey Rebellion illustrates some of the bonds among society, politics, regionalism, ideology, and conflict during the Revolutionary era.
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Section: Introduction
Slaughter introduces the rebellion as a climactic early-national conflict and then enumerates representation, taxation, East–West tension, citizen rights, frontier policy, and federalism among its contexts.
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Supports a bounded interpretive claim that the rebellion cannot be reduced to liquor or tax administration alone.
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