Historical Marker

Riverview

Historical marker location:
Franklin, Tennessee
( Marker is on Franklin Road (US 31) north of 1st Avenue S, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1976

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.