Tariff_of_1791

Tariff of 1791

Tariff of 1791

United States civic duties on distilled spirits

Tariff of 1791 or Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was a United States statute establishing a taxation policy to further reduce Colonial America public debt as assumed by the residuals of American Revolution. The Act of Congress imposed duties or tariffs on domestic and imported distilled spirits generating government revenue while fortifying the Federalist Era.

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The H.R. 110 tariff legislation originated as a panacea for the Hamiltonian economic program. The Debt Assumption policy was introduced as a series of public credit and national debt reports authored by Alexander Hamilton from 1790 to 1795.[1][2]

Opposition of Federalist Economic Plan

Colonial America was observant of the militia insurrection in response to the progressive debt collection and tax rulings charged by the Federalist taxation plan.

Shays' Rebellion and Whiskey Rebellion were notable uprisings where American colonists, often referred as the anti-federalists, express their sentiments concerning the public debt reconciliation plan while the newly formed government fulfilled the demands of Funding Act of 1790 during the late 18th century.[3] The colonial protests were necessitated by the enforcement of the Federalist taxation plan as submitted by Alexander Hamilton on January 14, 1790 better known as the First Report on the Public Credit.[4][5][6]

See also

At Fort Cumberland, George Washington and troop formations to deter the Whiskey Rebellion
American Whiskey TrailFrance in the American Revolutionary War
Anglo-Dutch WarsGrievances of the United States Declaration of Independence
Bank Bill of 1791Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution
Brick taxNo taxation without representation
Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792On American Taxation
Democratic-Republican PartySpain and the American Revolutionary War
Early American currencyTariff in United States history
Excise tax in the United StatesTaxation in medieval England
Federal Convention of 1787The Federalist Papers
Financial costs of the American Revolutionary WarWealth tax

Colonial and European Ambassadors, Diplomats, Financiers, Merchants, and Statesmen

William CarmichaelGouverneur Morris
Étienne ClavièreJacques Necker
William DuerJoseph Nourse
Diego de GardoquiWilliam Short
Henry HopeNicolaas van Staphorst
Jean-Joseph de LabordeWillem Willink

References

  1. [1]
    Madison, James (April 22, 1790). "Assumption of the State Debts, 22 April 1790". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  2. [2]
    Jefferson, Thomas (1790). "Memorandum on Assumption of State Debts". The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress.
  3. [3]
    1st U.S. Congress (July 12, 1790). "Senate Committee Report for Funding National Debt". The Library of Congress.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. [4]
    Hamilton, Alexander (January 9, 1790). "Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit". Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804. Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress.
  5. [5]
    Hamilton, Alexander (January 9, 1790). "Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit with Enclosures, 9 January 1790". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  6. [6]
    Hamilton, Alexander (December 13, 1790). "First Report on the Further Provision Necessary for Establishing Public Credit"; Second Draft". Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804. Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress.

Associated Distilled Spirits Statutes

Chronology of 18th century colonial laws related to the duties or tariffs applied to domestic and imported distilled spirits.

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Correspondence of Alexander Hamilton & George Washington

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