Why did Lord North want to keep the tax on tea

The tea tax was kept in order to maintain Parliament's right to tax the colonies. The Tea Act was not intended to anger American colonists, instead it was meant to be a bailout policy to get the British East India Company out of debt.

answer; /// the above statement is (false); the smaller states objected to the virginia plan because they would have fewer votes that the larger states;

i believe the answer is d.