In the book Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty by William Hogeland. The author not only talks about what started the Whiskey Rebellion and what happened during this period. But he wanted to show you the underlining of this rebellion because it was one of the main parts of the founding period. Also, since there are a lot of characters we don't learn about, it realizes that people don't really know about the Whiskey Rebellion. It wasn't just a couple of people with “blackened faces, wearing clothes” (Hogeland 20). He wanted ordinary people to understand what the Whiskey Rebellion, the establishment of federal authority, was really about. The book begins with a chapter titled "Beyond the Mountains", which in my opinion for this chapter the author wanted the reader to understand what it was about. I love living on the other side of the Appalachian Mountains. This is where he brings out one of the main characters of this book, which is Henry Brackenridge. Mr. Brackenridge is a cultured man of Pittsburgh. He was rich and was there to ratify the Constitution. He was a realist. He was a college friend of James Madison at the College of New Jersey. He was also in George Washington's place as chaplain for the Revolutionary War. He believed that Indians should be assimilated into American culture. “…in order to ever be converted into civilized ways, their legal rights had to be protected” (Hogeland 19). He will become one of the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion. In September 1791, Robert Johnson was one of many attacked for being a tax collector, collecting the tax on distilled liquors. This tax is the first federal tax on American products. Gi...... middle of paper......and with him. But her husband died of pneumonia on June 9th. Emmy and John buried him somewhere near them, but to this day no one knows where exactly he is. William Hogeland did a great job of finding hidden stories that most were unaware of. I wish it was an easier read but the information was told correctly. It indeed completed the point of the book because sometimes the past is lost to us future readers and we need to know all the events our American founders took to give us the country we have today. Additionally the book shows the reader where exactly the federal government began to take control and how people tried to fight for what they thought was an unjust law. Works Cited Hogeland, William. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Changed America's Newfound Sovereignty. New York: Scribner, 2006.