--- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In 1791 Americans experienced taxation with representation in the form > of a tax on distilled liquors. The tax was ill received by many > Americans in western PA and in particular farmers who lived there who > were just about everyone who lived there. In 1794 the federal > government used military force to enforce the tax on the farmers of > western PA. This situation has come to be known as the Whiskey > Rebellion. This was an example of an unpopular tax that was imposed by > elected members of congress who were supposedly representatives of the > PEOPLE. Thus it was taxation with representation. > > $ >
The Whiskey rebellion was much more widespread than just Western PA. I'm reading a (yet unpublished) book by a fiend of mine about it. -paul http://lastfreevoice.com http://kubby2008.com/
