Historical Marker
James McMahan
Historical marker location:
Sevierville, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of W Maine Street (U.S. 441) and Court Avenue on W Maine Street.)
Marker installed: 1986
1750 -1831.
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.