Lotz House

Historical marker location:

1111 Columbia Ave, Franklin, Tennessee

( Memorial is on Columbia Avenue south of East Fowlkes Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Union Counterattack. Hood's Campaign.

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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.