Historical Marker
Bonny Oaks School
Historical marker location:
5114 Bonny Oaks Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee
( Marker is on Bonny Oaks Drive (Tennessee Route 317), on the right when traveling east.)
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.