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[–] carlip 4 points -3 points (+1|-4) ago 

Washington was a horrible man. He manipulated and cheated his way to power, then started a war because he didn't think he should pay taxes. Immediately after winning the war Washington, under advice from federal power proponent Hamilton, imposed a massive tax on resident grain farmers. They rebelled against this as they didn't fight the revolutionary war to be slaves to another ruler afterwards. Washington used a national military to crush the rebellion.