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Whiskey Rebellion Timeline of EventsMarch 1791: Federalists in Congress succeed in passing an excise tax on domestically distilled liquor.September 1792: The excise tax provokes opposition in frontier areas.July 1794: Following unsuccessful petitions against the excise tax, an armed group in western Pennsylvania attacks a federal marshal.August 7, 1794: Washington as commander in chief calls up the militia in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia to assemble a force of nearly 13,000 men.September 25, 1794: Washington as commander in chief issues a proclamation ordering the militia to assemble and march against the insurgents.November 17, 1794: Hamilton writes to Washington from western Pennsylvania that "the list of prisoners has been very considerably increased, that there is no regular assemblage of the fugitives . . . only small vagrant parties . . . affording no point of attack."To what extent did the Whiskey Rebellion have a lasting impact on the power of the federal government?

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