When U.S.A President led an army Explained by Countryballs: Whiskey Rebellion

hi in the 18th century whiskey served as a form of currency in bartering transactions money was scarce on the frontier and the paper currency in circulation held little value it was customary to trade a gallon of whiskey for various supplies during this time this practice persisted well into the 19th century with barrels of whiskey being exchanged for land and other commodities when the government taxed whiskey it nearly led to another revolution in the USA during the American Revolution for Independence individual states amassed substantial debts in 1790 treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton advocated for the federal government to assume these debts he proposed implementing an excise tax on Whiskey to mitigate ongoing Financial challenges the tax was passed in Congress in 1791 and would give rise to agitations in public the tax was regressive which put more pressure on small producers as compared to large producers furthermore only cash was acceptable to pay the tax and barter system was prevalent during that time and paper currency was less valuable this put more pressure on farmers and small producers consequently protests against the new tax began in Western Pennsylvania the law failed from the outset as refusals to pay taxes became widespread accompanied by intimidation directed at the officials tasked with collection excise officers encountered Defiance and faced threats of violence when attempting to enforce the tax certain producers flatly refused to comply with the taxation requirements on September 11th 1791 while on his collection route in Western Pennsylvania excise officer Robert Johnson found himself surrounded by 11 individuals disguised as women they stripped him naked tarred and feathered him and stole his horse before leaving him stranded in the forest tensions continued to escalate over the following years in 1793 Pennsylvania excise officer Benjamin Wells experienced two break-ins at his home during the first intrusion a mob forcibly ENT Ed and assaulted wells's wife and children in the second incident six masked men attacked Wells while he was at home threatening him with firearms and demanding access to his account books while also pressuring him to resign from his position feeling marginalized by Congress the citizens of Western Pennsylvania convened their own assembly appointing three to five representatives from each County this protest also included people who were part of American Revolution and fear started that it might turn into another Revolution on July 17th 1794 a group of approximately 700 men marching to the beat of drums converged at the home of John Neville a regional tax collector the mob didn't find navel in the estate and soldiers stationed in the region refused to surrender the mob opened fire and burned the whole estate a week later the mob feared that Washington might send forces to them down so 7,000 men showed up in City of Pittsburgh fearing violence the city sent delegations to calm down the mob and offered them barrels of whiskey this quenched the agitations and the city remained peaceful Washington started to act now and sent a peace Envoy to broker the deal it ended up in failure and Washington feared that further violence would break out so Washington mustered 13,000 militia and marched towards Western Pennsylvania he is the only US president in history to lead an army from the front and he himself went to the battlefield upon arrival at their destination the militia encountered disgruntled citizens but violence remained minimal with no Rebel Army in sight the militia detained suspected Rebels instead however by the time the militia acted the leaders of the Rebellion had already fled and the captured individuals had no direct involvement in the uprising despite this they were marched to Philadelphia to face trial ultimately only two men were convicted of treason and both received pardons from President Washington the Whiskey Rebellion came to an end that's it for this video I hope you liked it don't forget to like share and subscribe there will be more informative videos like this in the future so stay tuned