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They were met at the Armory by a state militia of 900 men who fired cannons into them, killing four and wounding 20 fellow citizens, a Kent State Ruby Ridge Waco murder moment.
Thus we see why Janet Napolitano was so concerned about armed returning war veterans.
Several of the Shays rebels were fined, imprisoned, and sentenced to death. A year later in 1788, a general amnesty was granted.
Although most of the condemned men were either pardoned or had their death sentences commuted, two of the condemned men, John Bly and Charles Rose, were hanged on December 6, 1787 before the amnesty to set an example. Shays himself was pardoned in 1788.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays’Rebellion
Revolutionary War debts also led the controversial Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, to the regressive Treasury Whiskey Tax of 1791.
The unpopular Whiskey Tax favored large whiskey producers like George Washington, with a tax of 6 cents a gallon, over smaller whiskey producers who were charged 9 cents a gallon.
Whiskey was a prime commodity of trade and value then. Unlike the corn or rye from which it was made, whiskey did not spoil, and was used for transportable barter as a medium of exchange. Again, it was about the money.
The Whiskey Tax of 1791 led to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
The Whisky Rebellion saw Commander in Chief George Washington leading 12,950 Federalized State Militia troops in Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina and Virginia against American citizens who had evaded, harassed and tarred and feathered Federal Tax Collectors, even stealing a horse.
The Federal Militia troops were almost the size of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
All those troops found no bona fide Whisky Tax rebels. They rounded up 20 prisoners to showcase Federalist authority. One prisoner died in custody.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 4:29 am
Holy Smokes Rich….
Now that was a handful.
This article should be published in the NY Times.
Certainly we are seeing a ground swell in this country stirred by an irate citizenry.
Perhaps it is not to late to take our country back.
God have Mercy.
Keep up the good work Rich, you are a true Patriot.
Thank you. Richard
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Mahalo Richard:
Henry Paulson acknowledged 93% of Americans opposed TARP and he did it anyway, bailing out himself and his firm Goldman Sachs with Ben Bernanke and Timothy Geithner’s help.
No wonder the majority of Americans want a full Audit of the Fed and Treasury, including the Mints and Bullion Vaults.
If we:
A) turn off government monopoly media making heroes out of bums,
B) share the truth which sets us free,
C) help family friends and neighbors vote for Patriotic Constitutional Independents who truly serve US this Fall,
then we may in fact take our country back from bonus banksters and their government corporate welfare pimps.
The alternative is watching the Jericho Wall of debt crush our country and lives like Financial Armageddon.
Uncle Sam owes more than we own. That cannot last much longer.
We must pay down or forgive our debts with a spending freeze on deficits and earmarks and the 1% Transaction Tax on a quadrillion in voluntary transactions.
Andrew Jackson paid off the public debt in 1835. So can we…
Regards*Rich
February 4th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Rich,
Like the website and all, but a reader needs to click 22 separate times simply to read the content of this entry. Perhaps a different format would be better?
Cheers.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Thanks clicks.
Took it up with the management.
Regards*Rich