John Mitchell and Philip Wigle were the only people convicted for it, and Herman Husband was acquitted because no one heard him preach violence at Parkinson's Ferry.
John Mitchell and Philip Wigle were the only people convicted for it, and Herman Husband was acquitted because no one heard him preach violence at Parkinson's Ferry. It included a skirmish at Bower Hill with governor Thomas Mifflin's troops, and it lasted until the "watermelon army" under Lighthorse Harry Lee suppressed it. Arising from legislation supported by Alexander Hamilton, and involving George Washington riding on horseback to Pennsylvania, for 10 points, name this 1794 insurrection against an excise tax on distillers.
John Mitchell and Philip Wigle were the only people convicted for it, and Herman Husband was acquitted because no one heard him preach violence at Parkinson's Ferry.
{Whiskey} Rebellion