Class-Conflict

Whiskey Rebellion Establishes Federal Power to Suppress Domestic Dissent with Military Force

1794-08-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President George Washington issues a proclamation declaring western Pennsylvania whiskey protests to be treasonous acts that amount to “levying war against the United States,” establishing the precedent for federal military suppression of domestic economic dissent. The crisis stems from …

George Washington Alexander Hamilton Western Pennsylvania farmers U.S. Militia federal-power taxation military-force class-conflict democratic-resistance

Bacon's Rebellion Unites Poor Whites and Blacks, Triggering Elite Shift Toward Racial Slavery

1676-09-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

An armed rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against Virginia Governor William Berkeley reaches its peak when Bacon’s militia of thousands captures and burns Jamestown to the ground on September 19. The rebellion, triggered by Berkeley’s refusal to authorize attacks on Native American …

Nathaniel Bacon William Berkeley Virginia planters Indentured servants Enslaved Africans slavery institutional-corruption class-conflict racial-division elite-strategy