Historical Marker
Andrew Jackson
Historical marker location:
Franklin, Tennessee
( Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street and Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1917
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.