Historical Marker
Charles M. Hall School
Historical marker location:
140 E Howe St, Alcoa, Tennessee
( Marker is on East Howe Street, 0.1 miles north of North Hall Road (Tennessee Route 35), on the left when traveling north.)
The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.