Today in class we covered the Whiskey Rebellion. We discussed how the original cause was the Nation's debt.
Debt-------Hamilton's Plan-----Whiskey Tax-------Whiskey Rebellion-----Washington Crushes Rebellion
We see from our discussion that Washington set the precedent that violent uprising would not be tolerated and if people didn't like the actions of the government they would have to do so peacefully.
The class came up with a list of peaceful ways to change the government: Petition, peaceful protest or assembly, and voting
But the issue was the intent and message of the Declaration of Independence.
If the government gets its power from the people
and
It's the government's job to take care of the people
and
It's the job of the people to abolish or overthrow bad and abusive government.....than was the Whiskey Rebellion justified?
We had some awesome discussion.
If you didn't finish the HW from last night please complete it. Outline p. 264-266 and provide two bullet points for each section.
Debt-------Hamilton's Plan-----Whiskey Tax-------Whiskey Rebellion-----Washington Crushes Rebellion
We see from our discussion that Washington set the precedent that violent uprising would not be tolerated and if people didn't like the actions of the government they would have to do so peacefully.
The class came up with a list of peaceful ways to change the government: Petition, peaceful protest or assembly, and voting
But the issue was the intent and message of the Declaration of Independence.
If the government gets its power from the people
and
It's the government's job to take care of the people
and
It's the job of the people to abolish or overthrow bad and abusive government.....than was the Whiskey Rebellion justified?
We had some awesome discussion.
If you didn't finish the HW from last night please complete it. Outline p. 264-266 and provide two bullet points for each section.