Explain the Meaning of Revolutionary Slogan "no Taxation Without Representation". How Did That Express the Core Values of the New American Political Culture?

American political culture contains a number of core ideals, values and standards that define the relationship between citizens and government, and citizens to one another. Different societies view politics differently, and have different approaches to the view of society. In America, the views of society are liberty, equality, democracy, and individualism. Liberty as right to be free; equality as equality of opportunity; democracy as elected officials from the people; and individualism as the individual's rights are valued above those of the state (government). However, during the period when British ruled in the 1760s and in the early 1770s, the concept of the government become corrupt and dangerous tyranny that Americans want to change to a new set of basic principles: "No Taxation without Representation".

After fighting in the French and Indian War, Britain has enormous war debts that the government in London was running out of options in its effort to find a way to solve. As a result, George Grenville, whom the king made prime minister in 1763, agreed that the colonists should be "compelled to obey the laws and to pay a part of the cost of defending and administering the empire" (7). Greenville began trying to impose a new system which the colonists are to be taxed. Some of the major taxes that British imposed on are the Sugar Act of 1764, Stamp Act of 1765, Tea Act of 1773, and Townshend Act of 1767. These acts later creates problems and arguments that the colonists felt that they were being cheated from the British as a way of gaining revenue to support the war debts.