Whiskey Rebellion Tank the declaration mug Liberty or Death is part

Liberty or Death is part of a famous quote from Patrick Henry which was made to the Second Virginia Convention in 1775

every brave man and woman who endangered themselves to help

the people govern

when the Declaration of Independence was signed

Whiskey Rebellion Tank the declaration mug Liberty or Death is partThe Whiskey Rebellion began in 1791 in response to an excise tax on domestic distilled spirits under new President George Washington. Until 1794 there was an ongoing resistance to the collection of the tax, which was finally suppressed by a force of nearly 13,000 militiamen headed by Washington himself. The Rebellion played a major part in creating early political parties in the United States and the tax was eventually repealed under Thomas Jefferson