Historical Marker
Wheeler School
Historical marker location:
Alexandria, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Nashville Highway (U.S. 70) and Goose Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on Nashville Highway.)
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.