Chicken House, c. 1920s

Historical marker location:

3021 Lebanon Pike, Donelson, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) and Rivercrest Pass, on the right when traveling east.)

[Clover Bottom Farm].

architecture houses residential buildings

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.