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Confronting Rebellion, 1794
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Faced with a rebellion over the Whiskey tax in western Pennsylvania, President Washington calls out the militia and personally rides with the army to put down the challenge to federal laws.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty, by William Hogeland.
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the Western Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania: Commonly Called the Whiskey Insurrection, 1794: https://archive.org/details/westerninsurrection00bracrich
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