Historical Marker
Zephaniah Alexander Looby
Historical marker location:
2301 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of 10th Avenue North and Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (Alternate U.S. 41).)
1899-1972.
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.