Whiskey Rebellion

Contributor(s): Schiel, Katy (Author)

ISBN: 9780823942626

Publisher: Rosen Classroom

Binding Types:

Paperback

$11.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$22.75 (100+ copies: $22.00)

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$11.00

Pub Date: December 30, 2003

Dewey: 973.43

LCCN: 2002152883

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 10 to 13

Physical Info: 0.20" H x 9.80" L x 6.10" W ( 0.25 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | United States | General

Series: Primary Sources of Life in the New American Nation

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000073033 ( Whiskey Rebellion)

Reading level: 5.80

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: When Congress enacted a 25 percent excise tax on domestically produced distilled spirits, grain growers and distillers were irate. Especially upset were the small producers of alcohol who began to organize an opposition. When mobs organized an opposition, a tax collector was tarred and feathered and another had his home burned. Shots were exchanged. President Washington called upon the rebels to disperse, but his pleas were ignored. A force of nearly 13,000 men was raised and quelled the opposition, which quickly faded away.

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