Historic Stone Chapel

Historical marker location:

103 S 6th St, LaFollette, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of East Central Avenue (Tennessee Route 63) and South 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on East Central Avenue.)

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.