Historical Marker
2017
Historical marker location:
215 Legion Street, Clarksville, Tennessee
( Marker is on Legion Street west of North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.)
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.