Which best describes jefferson’s response to the handling of the whiskey rebellion?

he thought the government’s military action was a mistake.
he supported the use of the military to enforce tax laws.
he disliked the government’s action but felt it was necessary.
he believed that whiskey producers had abused their power.

The correct answer is A) He thought the government’s military action was a mistake.

The whiskey rebellion was a tax protest in the US that started in 1791 and ended in 1974. It has this name because the whiskey tax was the first tax that was imposed on a domestic product by the new federal government.

Jefferson was against the government’s military action because he believed that the purpose of the government was to protect the unalienable rights of its citizens and that these rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and he thought that people had the constitutional right to rebel. He has said: “the first error was to pass it (the whiskey tax); the second was to enforce it; and the third, to make it the means of splitting this Union.”

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