Lloyd Branson

Historical marker location:

Knoxville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of South Gay Street and West Church Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Gay Street.)

(1853-1925). Knoxville History Project.

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.