Rebellion in the Early Republic - Crisis in the West | 4

American History Tellers

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In 1794, anti-government protests grew into an all-out rebellion, and President Washington faced his first major test of federal authority. Some 7,000 armed Westerners marched on Pittsburgh and threatened its residents. Violent resistance to the whiskey tax soon spread from western Pennsylvania to Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Washington and his cabinet held tense meetings to debate a response to the so-called Whiskey Rebellion. The country’s first president was determined to act quickly and decisively, despite divisions among his close advisers. Nothing less than the sovereignty of the young nation was at stake.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.0	Imagine it's July 1794.
0:21.3	Sweat beads on your brow.
0:22.9	Just steaming summer morning and you're riding through the woods near Greensburg, Pennsylvania,
0:27.1	some 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.
0:29.7	You're planning to intercept the post-rider on his daily route to Philadelphia.
0:34.0	You just hope you haven't missed him already.
0:36.0	Normally you would never interfere with the government rider, but these are desperate
0:39.8	times.
0:40.8	The government changed everything when they killed one of your own at Bauer Hill.
0:45.0	You have to catch this male if you and your fellow rebels have any hope of stopping the
0:48.6	government from destroying your way of life.
0:52.0	Out of the corner of your eye, you see a man galloping toward you from the west.
0:55.8	Get him up.
0:56.8	You're riding you him faster now.
0:58.7	You're too fast for the post-rider.
1:00.7	You block the path and his startled horse rears.
1:04.8	He clings to the horse's mane but it continues to winny and stop.
1:09.4	He loses his balance and tumble to the ground as you dismount.
1:13.2	He hits the ground with a thud.
1:15.2	The rider winces in pain, he clutches his side.
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