AR385 The Whiskey Rebellion
From American Revolution Podcast by Michael Troy
May 3, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 385
About this episode
This episode discusses the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 in western Pennsylvania.
Frontier communities in western Pennsylvania rebel against the excise tax on whiskey in 1794. This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution, by Thomas Slaughter Online Recommendation of the Week: Incidents of the Insurrection in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, in the year 1794: https://archive.org/details/incidentsofinsur00inbrac Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Troy
Topics covered
- Whiskey Rebellion
- American Revolution
- Frontier communities
- Taxation
- Insurrection
Keywords
- Whiskey Rebellion
- excise tax
- Pennsylvania
- 1794
- American Revolution
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution, Incidents of the Insurrection in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, in the year 1794
Places: Pennsylvania
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