Britain’s money problems created a need for Britain to tax the colonies. true or false One of the main complaints of the colonies was that they were being taxed without representation in Parliament. true or false The Tea Act gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sold to the colonies. true or false After passage of the Tea Act, the colonies bought all of the tea that they could. true or false Bostonians showed their disapproval of the Tea Act by boarding three ships and destroying all of the tea aboard. true or false In an effort to keep the peace, Britain did nothing after the Boston Tea Party. true or false The punishment given to Boston scared the other colonies into becoming very cooperative with the British. true or false By July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress passed Virginian Henry Lee's proposal for colonists to become an independent state. true or false