Impenetrable Thicket

Historical marker location:

Shiloh, Tennessee

( Marker is on Eastern Corinth Road north of Hamburg Purdy Road, on the right when traveling north.)

The Hornets' Nest. Shiloh National Military Park.

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.