Camp Trousdale

Historical marker location:

Portland, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Ronnie McDowell Parkway / North Broadway (State Highway 109) and Vanatta Road, on the right when traveling south on Ronnie McDowell Parkway / North Broadway.)

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.