Final answer:
True to all questions posed: Colonists did object to the way taxes were used, sharecroppers did pay rent with crops, and the Three-Fifths Compromise did address representation and taxation.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question pertains to the historical attitudes of colonists towards taxation. To answer the student's question: a. True. The colonists did not necessarily object to the principle of taxation itself, but rather the manner in which tax money was utilized and the lack of representation in the decision-making process. The tax payment methods that are currently accepted can vary depending on the tax authority and regulations in place, but historically, payments have been made in various forms including checks, currency, and even goods.
Similarly, in the context of sharecropping, the statement: Sharecroppers were tenant farmers who paid their rent with shares of their crops is True. This practice was commonplace post-Civil War in the American South, where cash was scarce and economy was largely agrarian.
Regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise, the statement that it dealt with the issue of representation and taxation is also True. The compromise was an agreement during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.