
Becoming America
You're Dead to Me
The Federalists Are Using That Moment to Put Down Americans
This is a major moment reall ause this is the first time that american troops essentially are sent to put down Americans, right? While the whisky rebellion is true, it's earlier, a couple of years before what we're talking about here with the alien and sedition acts. But yes, a big deal. Because actually, hamilton sees people in western pennsylvania who are not excited about paying a tax on whisky, and they're protesting. And hamilton, among others, says, you know what? People shouldn't be protesting against the government. We should march troops out there to silence them. And they get there and they find like eight guys in a flag. So
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