Tariff of 1791

Other short titles	1791 Excise Whiskey Tax Whiskey Tax Act of 1791
Long title	An Act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties hereto-fore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.
Nicknames	Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791
Enacted by	the1st United States Congress
Effective	March 3, 1791
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 1–15
Statutes at Large	1 Stat. 199, Chap. 15
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 110 Passed the House on January 27, 1791 (35-21) Passed the Senate on February 12, 1791 (20-5) Agreed to by the House on February 18, 1791 (35-21) and by theSenate on February 23, 1791 (14-9) Signed into law by PresidentGeorge Washington on March 3, 1791

Tariff of 1791 orExcise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was aUnited States statute establishing ataxation policy to further reduceColonial Americapublic debt as assumed by the residuals ofAmerican Revolution. TheAct of Congress imposedduties ortariffs on domestic and importeddistilled spirits generatinggovernment revenue while fortifying theFederalist Era.

The H.R. 110 tariff legislation originated as apanacea for theHamiltonian economic program. TheDebt Assumption policy was introduced as a series of public credit and national debt reports authored byAlexander Hamilton from 1790 to 1795.^[1][2]

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

Shays' Rebellion andWhiskey Rebellion were notableuprisings whereAmerican colonists, often referred as theanti-federalists, express their sentiments concerning the public debtreconciliation plan while the newly formed government fulfilled the demands ofFunding Act of 1790 during the late 18th century.^[3] The colonialprotests were necessitated by the enforcement of theFederalist taxation plan as submitted by Alexander Hamilton on January 14, 1790 better known as theFirst Report on the Public Credit.^[4][5][6]

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

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

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