Historical Marker
Streight's Raid
Historical marker location:
Palmyra, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Palmyra Road (Old Tennessee Route 149) and Jarman Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west on Palmyra Road.)
April 11, 1863.
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.