Whiskey Rebellion

Japanese: ウィスキー反乱 - ういすきーはんらん
Whiskey Rebellion

...An uprising in 1794 by farmers in western Pennsylvania in the United States in opposition to new tax laws imposed by the federal government. It is also called the Whiskey Rebellion. The Internal Excise Tax Act, enacted in 1791 based on a proposal by Secretary of the Treasury A. Hamilton, imposed a tax on domestically produced whiskey in order to raise funds for the payment of huge interest on public debt.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Whiskey Rebellion is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1794年アメリカのペンシルベニア西部の農民が連邦政府の新税法に反対して起こした一揆。ウィスキー反乱ともいう。1791年A.ハミルトン財務長官の提案にもとづき制定された内国消費税法は,巨額の公債利子支払いの財源捻出のため国産ウィスキーに対する課税などを決定した。…

※「ウィスキー反乱」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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