This 1794 insurrection in Western Penn. was caused by farmers who refused to pay the taxes on their corn liquor
... Western farmers felt the tax was an abuse of federal authority 
wrongly ... a militia force of 12,950 men and led them towards Western 
Pennsylvania,... [DOC] [TLE] Whiskey Rebellion facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] In 1794 thousands of farmers in western Pennsylvania took up arms in ...