Colonial Response to Tea Tax Quiz

What was the reaction of the colonists to the new tax on tea?

• They agreed to pay the tax without protest.

• They decided to buy more British tea to support Great Britain.

• They agreed not to buy British tea and boycotted establishments selling it.

• They requested representation in the British Parliament.

What did the phrase "taxation without representation" imply?

• Colonists were represented in the British Parliament and agreed to the tax.

• Colonists were willing to pay the tax if they could elect their own representatives.

• Colonists were being taxed by a Parliament in which they had no representatives.

• The tax was considered fair and just by the colonists.

What did owning a teapot with "Stamp Act Repeal" mean during the time of the new tea tax?

• Support for the British Parliament's decision to tax tea.

• Indifference to the political issues of the time.

• Approval of the Stamp Act.

• Disapproval of the Stamp Act and the new tea tax.

Many establishments agreed to boycott British ____

The colonists thought Great Britain was being _______ by taxing the tea.

• unfair

• fair

• kind

• unkind