Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland after 1795 Attributed to Frederick Kemmelmeyer On October 16, 1794, President George Washington called on the militia at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, to suppress a rebellion in western Pennsylvania. The conflict was precipitated by the 1792 excise laws regarding the sale of distilled spirits. The Scotch-Irish immigrants who made their living from the sale and barter of whiskey deemed the laws discriminatory, and their protests turned into full-scale riots. Upon Washingtons arrival to review his troops, the resistance vanished. The episode went down in history as one of the crucial early tests of centralized government and as a reminder of Washingtons power.. Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland 11302

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Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland after 1795 Attributed to Frederick Kemmelmeyer On October 16, 1794, President George Washington called on the militia at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, to suppress a rebellion in western Pennsylvania. The conflict was precipitated by the 1792 excise laws regarding the sale of distilled spirits. The Scotch-Irish immigrants who made their living from the sale and barter of whiskey deemed the laws discriminatory, and their protests turned into full-scale riots. Upon Washingtons arrival to review his troops, the resistance vanished. The episode went down in history as one of the crucial early tests of centralized government and as a reminder of Washingtons power.. Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland 11302

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