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Tariff of 1791

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An Act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties hereto-fore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.
Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791
the 1st United States Congress
March 3, 1791
Pub. L. 1–15
1 Stat. 199, Chap. 15
Introduced in the House as H.R. 110Passed the House on January 27, 1791 (35-21)Passed the Senate on February 12, 1791 (20-5)Agreed to by the House on February 18, 1791 (35-21) and by the Senate on February 23, 1791 (14-9)Signed into law by President George Washington on March 3, 1791

Tariff of 1791 or Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was a United States statute establishing a taxation policy to further reduce Colonial America public debt as assumed by the residuals of American Revolution. The Act of Congress imposed duties or tariffs on domestic and imported distilled spirits generating government revenue while fortifying the Federalist Era.

The H.R. 110 tariff legislation originated as a panacea for the Hamiltonian economic program. The Debt Assumption policy was introduced as a series of public credit and national debt reports authored by Alexander Hamilton from 1790 to 1795.

Colonial America was observant of the militia insurrection in response to the progressive debt collection and tax rulings charged by the Federalist taxation plan.

Shays' Rebellion and Whiskey Rebellion were notable uprisings where American colonists, often referred as the anti-federalists, express their sentiments concerning the public debt reconciliation plan while the newly formed government fulfilled the demands of Funding Act of 1790 during the late 18th century. The colonial protests were necessitated by the enforcement of the Federalist taxation plan as submitted by Alexander Hamilton on January 14, 1790, better known as the First Report on the Public Credit.

At Fort Cumberland, George Washington and troop formations to deter the Whiskey Rebellion

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American Whiskey TrailFrance in the American Revolutionary War
Anglo-Dutch WarsGrievances of the United States Declaration of Independence
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Brick taxNo taxation without representation
Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792On American Taxation
Democratic-Republican PartySpain and the American Revolutionary War
Early American currencyTariff in United States history
Excise tax in the United StatesTaxation in medieval England
Federal Convention of 1787The Federalist Papers
Financial costs of the American Revolutionary WarWealth tax

Colonial and European Ambassadors, Diplomats, Financiers, Merchants, and Statesmen

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William CarmichaelGouverneur Morris
Étienne ClavièreJacques Necker
William DuerJoseph Nourse
Diego de GardoquiWilliam Short
Henry HopeNicolaas van Staphorst
Jean-Joseph de LabordeWillem Willink

Chronology of 18th century colonial laws related to the duties or tariffs applied to domestic and imported distilled spirits.

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