Tertiary corroboration of unequal excise burdens; independence from other accounts has not been established.
The atlas places the excise after constitutional ratification and federal debt accumulation, then summarizes why frontier resistance intensified.
Zandona explains that the 1791 distilled-spirits excise had to be paid in cash and included provisions that favored urban over rural distillers, turning enforcement into escalating frontier resistance.
“The Whiskey Rebellion,” opening paragraphs
“The Whiskey Rebellion,” opening paragraphs
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