Historical Marker
Glen Echo
Historical marker location:
336 Ernest Rice Lane, Franklin, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from Ernest Rice Lane.)
Marker installed: 1999
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.