George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion: Testing the Constitution (1974)
1974 · Short film · 27 min
Synopsis
Recounts the incident in which President Washington personally lead the militia against local farmers who resisted a Federal tax on whiskey in 1794. Shows parallels between enforcement of the law and the Constitution then and now
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Details
- Running time
- 27 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Whiskey Rebellion (Pennsylvania : 1794)
- Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794