Question

President George Washington’s leadership during the Whiskey Rebellion (1794) was important because it

Answer 1

Under President George Washington’s leadership, the newly formed National government was able to prove that it had the power and will to face protests and violence, against its laws.

The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest, against tax imposed on all distilled spirits in the United States. The tax came into effect in 1791, and was meant to raise money to meet war debt, as a result of the Revolutionary War.