Question

The start of the American revolution that was about taxes being paid without any benefit in return was this event:

A. The civil war
B. The Virginia revolutionary
C.the Boston tea party
D. The whiskey rebellion

Answer 1

C) The Boston Tea Party

The tea party was a protest to the 1773 Tea Act that imposed a tax on tea. The famous phrase "no taxation without representation" was used by the protesters. The colonists were being taxed for the tea without any benefits, such as representation in the government.