Final answer:
The statement that the colonists did not necessarily object to the principle of taxation but to how the tax money would be applied is true. They were mainly concerned about lack of representation and control in the taxation process.
Step-by-step explanation:
Exercise 7.3.1 asks us to evaluate a statement about the attitudes of colonists towards taxation by the British. The statement is: The colonists did not necessarily object to the principle of taxation, but rather how the tax money would be applied. The correct answer is a. True. Many colonists believed that taxation without representation was unjust and protested against the fact that they had no say in how the tax money was collected or used. They were not against the concept of paying taxes per se, but rather the lack of control over the taxation process and its purposes.