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.
Opposition of Federalist Economic Plan 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.
See also
American Whiskey Trail France in the American Revolutionary War Anglo-Dutch Wars Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence Bank Bill of 1791 Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution Brick tax No taxation without representation Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 On American Taxation Democratic-Republican Party Spain and the American Revolutionary War Early American currency Tariff in United States history Excise tax in the United States Taxation in medieval England Federal Convention of 1787 The Federalist Papers Financial costs of the American Revolutionary War Wealth tax Colonial and European Ambassadors, Diplomats, Financiers, Merchants, and Statesmen William Carmichael Gouverneur Morris Étienne Clavière Jacques Necker William Duer Joseph Nourse Diego de Gardoqui William Short Henry Hope Nicolaas van Staphorst Jean-Joseph de Laborde Willem Willink
References
Associated Distilled Spirits Statutes Chronology of 18th century colonial laws related to the duties or tariffs applied to domestic and imported distilled spirits.
Date of EnactmentPublic Law No.U.S. StatuteU.S. Statute ChapterU.S. Presidential AdministrationAugust 10, 1790 Chapter XXXIXGeorge WashingtonMay 8, 1792 Chapter XXXIIGeorge WashingtonJune 5, 1794 Chapter XLIXGeorge WashingtonJune 7, 1794 Chapter LIIIGeorge WashingtonJune 1, 1796 Chapter XLIXGeorge WashingtonMarch 3, 1797 Chapter XIGeorge WashingtonJanuary 29, 1798 Chapter XJohn AdamsApril 7, 1798 Chapter XXVJohn Adams
18th Century Documents Related to Colonial Debt
Correspondence of Alexander Hamilton & George Washington
Bibliography
Historical Video Archives
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