Bright Hope Industries

Historical marker location:

Greeneville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Newport Hwy (U.S. 321) and Bright Hope Road, on the right when traveling south on Newport Hwy.)

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.