Question

Whereas, (groups have formed) to defeat the (enforcement) of the laws laying (taxes) upon spirits within the United States...it is in my judgement necessary....for calling forth the militia in order to suppress the
distilled

(revolt)...and to cause the laws to be duly (enforced). Therefore...I, George Washington, President of the United States, do hereby command all persons, being

insurgents"...to disperse and retire peaceably.....

*insurgents are rebels

Why did President Washington feel he had to act so quickly and firmly in this situation?

Answer 1

Washington’s warning was against having a single ruler.  

George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.  

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