APUSH Vocabulary Chapters 6 and 7 Whiskey Rebellion- The whiskey rebellion was a tax protest of moonshiners on the edges of the colonies who rebelled against a tax on any spirits that were purchased. Alexander Hamilton- Alexander Hamilton was a highly influential Founding Father who was the first treasurer, chief of staff for George Washington during the Revolutionary War, wrote a large portion of the Federalist Papers, and founded the first political party (Federalist Party). Thomas Jefferson- Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father who wrote (for the most part) the Declaration of Independence and he was a highly influential founding member of the Democratic-Republican Party.