How did the whiskey rebellion reveal george washington's concerns with natio

Question:There was no centralized government from which to direct an army to suppress the uprising. The states feared too powerful of a federal government and so strictly limited it's powers that it could not assist with armed forces when the state was having trouble. Good luck and God Bless.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: There was no centralized government from which to direct an army to suppress the uprising. The states feared too powerful of a federal government and so strictly limited it's powers that it could not assist with armed forces when the state was having trouble. Good luck and God Bless.

Washington as well as others considered the Whiskey Rebellion as a threat to the sovereignty of the nation and to law and order. The French Revolution scared the hell out of the young US republic.Our revolution was started by rabble rousers but after wards when they were in control did not wish to let democracy devolve into anarchy.

Please note that the Whiskey Rebellion occurred after the Constitution went into effect, providing a stronger central government. Under the old Articles of Confederation a domestic uprising such as the Whiskey Rebellion could not have been met with the full force of the United States. Pennsylvania would have had to deal with it, and might not have been as successful. So the rebellion was an opportunity to prove to the whole nation that a stronger more unified national government was necessary to ensure national security.