Historical Marker

430 Main Street

Historical marker location:
430 Main Street, Franklin, Tennessee
( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 31) west of 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

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.