Historical Marker
Montgomery High School
Historical marker location:
104 Montgomery Way, Lexington, Tennessee
( Marker is on Montgomery Way south of Barnhill 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.