Historical Marker
Hotel Magill
Historical marker location:
16 E Washington Ave, Athens, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of East Washington Avenue and North Jackson Street (Business U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue.)
16 E. Washington Ave.
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.