to this area. that s a larger force than washington had ever each commanded in the revolutionary war. bret the whiskey rebellion marked a turning point in american history as the first armed rebellion against the fledgling u.s. government, it proved an important test of how far the federals would go to impose order. it also showed the limits of federal power in the face of a determined populist. the main lesson i take away from the whiskey rebellion which i think is still pertinent all the way up into the present day taxes assessed nonuniformly assessed unfairly irritate the people though are taxed. if you start violating the norms of fairness people push back against it and it s perfectly rational that they push back. bret: tomorrow, how the irs became one of the most powerful agencies in the entire u.s. government. this sunday, i will host a
the first shots of the whiskey rebellion are fired at u.s. marshal david lennox and general john neville. we think to scare them away although some accounts say, of course, from the neville side that they meant to kill them. these were the kind of men though that could have shot the eye out of a squirrel at 100 yards away so if they had meant to kill them they would be dead. bret: to alexander hamilton the tax revolt was a rebellion against federal authority itself and it needed to be quashed. this was so hamilton could demonstrate to everyone that the federal government was in charge of taxation no longer the states. bret: it took george washington himself to quell the rebels. george washington actually saddles up. it s the only recorded time in american history that the commander-in-chief actually serves as the commander-in-chief and rides out with his army. 12,900 and 50 soldiers came
education,. today speaker pelosi says she expects the bill to come in two parts, ones that republicans can get behind and the other dealing with the human component of infrastructure. shannon? shannon: jacqui heinrich on the hill, thanks, jacqui. the unauthorized history of taxes those two things were a potent mix in america s early days. and together they almost tore the young country apart. so, we start in the early early 1790s when this tax is imposed. the farm farmers out west are furious because it s unfairly putting a higher burden of taxation on them so it s really a battle of the haves versus the have nots. if you were a tax collector you could have your tax office vand ridessed and have it burned and one of the worst things that could happen to you you could be tarred and feathered.
five part documentary the unauthorized history of taxes. bret starts with how the founders viewed taxes and what they saw as your fundamental rights as an american. for most of the taxes were lower than in the home country. land was plentiful. and opportunity there for the taking. but as so often happens throughout history, the cost of waging war changed the tax system. 1756 to 1763 had the french and indian war. after that england is in huge debt so when in the 1760s britain started taxing the colonists. they wanted to know per their 17th century rights where is our representation in parliament? it didn t exist. that problem was not solved. the american revolution of 1775.
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