The colonists protested the Tea Act for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. colonists feared it was the first of a series of similar actions that could threaten all colonial businesses
b. it threatened to put colonial tea merchants out of business
c. it was a tax that the colonists had not approved
d. by using the revenue to pay royal governors, the act robbed the colonists of a weapon against the governors
e. it gave a monopoly to the British East India Company
Ans: d. by using the revenue to pay royal governors, the act robbed the colonists of a weapon against the governors
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