Historical Marker
Hyannis Main Street
Historical marker location:
Hyannis, Massachusetts
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.)
The Boston Tea Party wasn't the first act of rebellion against British taxation in America. In 1765, colonists in Massachusetts burned effigies of British tax collectors and destroyed their homes and property in what came to be known as the "Stamp Act Riots."