Why was Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion considered by many an overreaction?
A. There was no organized insurrection requiring such a large mobilization of federal military power.

B. By hanging dozens of rebels, Washington came to be widely considered a tyrant.

C. By arming frontier Indians to put down the rebellion, he made a bad situation worse.

Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion considered by many an overreaction because there was no organized insurrection requiring such a large mobilization of federal military power.

Option: A

Explanation:

Whiskey's rebellion occurred in the year of 1794 and due to the imposed excise tax on whiskey. Western farmers strongly oppose the new excise tax on whiskey. It was a first large protest movement against the tax on Whiskey after federal government.

Actually there was no perfect order or organized insurrection to resurrect such large mobilization of federal military power. In the constitution it was the first large scale significant movement after federal government. Whiskey's tax was introduced by Hamilton.

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