Whiskey Rebellion

Tax protests have a long history in the U.S., ranging from the Whiskey Rebellion to a variety of anti-war protests.

As violence spread, Washington — in his second term as president — personally led a militia force to quell what became known as the Whiskey Rebellion.

An example of such a public purpose was George Washinton’s grants of clemency to participants in the so-called Whiskey Rebellion or Jimmy Carter’s of the Vietnam-era draft evaders.

"More conservative than Jefferson, Washington's brand of republicanism promoted an exclusionary nationalism, a strain of thought that has persisted throughout the republic’s history and has been strongly embraced by Trump. Washington's broad political vision would significantly transform economic policy, from taxation to establishing the National Bank to suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion and implementing protective tariffs."

Nixon returned to music in the 2000s, issuing “Whiskey Rebellion” in 2009.