Historical Marker

Carpenter and Tack Building #7

Historical marker location:
1226 S Kentucky St, Kingston, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from South Kentucky Street (State Highway 58) north of Shannon Place, on the left 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.