Because they were being governed by an unjustly government who used their powers to an abusive extent from over taxations to not caring about what the colonists wanted.
A republic is a form of government that supports the people's choices and those who govern the system is elected by the constituents of the republic. Together, the Roman republic devised a constitution which is composed of three major governing bodies: the assemblies, the senate and the magistrates.
The main way in which the advent of MTV, and the challenging of traditional values by movies and television impacted the generation of teenagers living during the 1980s is that it encouraged them to "rebel" agains the status quo of society--creating somewhat of a youthful counterculture that had no interest in tradition.
