American Political Culture

Political Culture: widely shared set of norms, beliefs and values concerning the relationship of citizens to their government.

some aspects

• liberty

• individualism

• district of government

• equality (inequality)

• popular sovereignty

• majority rule w/ minority rights (minority rule)

• positive role for government

Liberty- as few limitations as possible

• liberty as fewer limitations?

• laissez faire capitalism?

• less taxation?

American Culture, taxes and equality of opportunity

The whiskey rebellion (1791)

A rebellion on the tax on whiskey in western Pennsylvania

Put down by George Washington

Whiskey was a way to keep their calories from molding and was very important to them and is why they were so mad when it was taxed