Posts Tagged ‘ Whiskey Rebellion ’

The U.S. Constitution Has Always Been a Tool of Centralization and Debt

Apr 4th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
The U.S. Constitution: Tool of Centralization and Debt, 1788-Today On a conservative site last week, the editor wrote this: While the Constitution has been largely ignored over the last 80 years, the document is very real, and its purpose is clear: to limit greatly the powers of the federal government. Having said this, ...read more

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The Whiskey Rebellion: Whiskey Taxes: The Real Thing

Dec 17th, 2004 | By | Category: Commodities
Byron King recounts the seminal role the Whiskey Tax and subsequent Whiskey Rebellion played in American history -- how this "minor event" helped to define the role and powers of the federal government. THIS COULD VERY well have been the Province of Westsylvania, part of British Imperial Canada. To the east, ...read more

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