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385, the Whiskey Rebellion.

One of the main reasons that the Constitution replaced the articles of Confederation

was to provide a way for the government to raise taxes and pay off its debts from the war.

The bulk of federal revenue came from tariffs on imported goods.

These were collected on the eastern ports, places like Boston,

New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. Various Revenue Acts passed in 1789 and 1790 had to do with the

various rates and methods for taxing these foreign imports. In 1791, however, Congress passed

the ExiseEyes Act.

It imposed a tax on distillers who produced liquor.

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