Greenwood Park

Historical marker location:

510 Spence Ln, Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Elm Hill Pike and Spence Lane, on the right when traveling west on Elm Hill Pike.)

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.