History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1077 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How Far the Whiskey Rebels Went
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The idea
The whiskey rebels went further, negotiating with British and Spanish representatives and hoping for support for independence from the United States.
In practice
The idea of secession circulating among sympathetic neighbours in Kentucky and South Carolina.
Where people slip
Washington raised a thirteen-thousand-man militia drawn from several states to put the rising down.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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