Tariff of 1791
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Tariff of 1791 or Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was a United States statute establishing a taxation policy to further reduce Colonial America public debt as assumed by the residuals of American Revolution. The Act of Congress imposed duties or tariffs on domestic and imported distilled spirits generating government revenue while fortifying the Federalist Era.
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Long title | An Act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties hereto-fore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same. |
Nicknames | Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 |
Enacted by | the 1st United States Congress |
Effective | March 3, 1791 |
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Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 1–15 |
Statutes at Large | 1 Stat. 199, Chap. 15 |
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The H.R. 110 tariff legislation originated as a panacea for the Hamiltonian economic program. The Debt Assumption policy was introduced as a series of public credit and national debt reports authored by Alexander Hamilton from 1790 to 1795.[1][2]