What did the Whiskey Rebels take from the French Revolution?

By 1790, under the presidency of George Washington, the population faced many challenges, partly because of the negative economic effects of the war and also because of the effects derived from the dynamics of colonization of native lands.

Many inhabitants of remote regions completed their finances by distilling artisanal whiskey with leftover corn. The cost of production was low, it was also easy to transport. It served to consume but also as a currency.

In March of 1791 the secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, decreed a tax on alcoholic beverages with the objective of obtaining money to pay a percentage of the national debt. The main liquor affected was whiskey. There were those who decided to disobey the payment of this tax because they considered that this decree was an attack on their way of life.

During the French Revolution (1789), a series of principles were proclaimed that had a decisive influence on the movements in America that sought change or rebelled against the impositions of governments. The revolutionary ideals of freedom, equality and fraternity, served as the foundation for the ideology that encouraged the Whiskey rebels.