Coach Ed Temple

Historical marker location:

Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is on Rep. John L. Lewis Way (FKA 5th Avenue North) north of Harrison Street, on the right 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.