George Washington And The Whiskey Rebellion - Testing The Constitution

Year Published: 1975

Creator: lcoa

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 30Jan75 · LP44248 (Jan-Jun 1975) Copyright holder: Learning Corporation of America

Description: Action-packed sequences capture the backwoods flavor of a fledgling nation as the newly- formed law of the land meets its first challenge. Portrays the first test of putting the Constitution into practice which occurred in 1789 during the Whiskey Rebellion over taxes on home-brewed whiskey. Explains that Washington was forced to prove that the constitution was the law of the land by sending in troops to quell the rebellion.

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