To have peace and reach an agreement
It means that pay tax but have no voice in the society. After the seven years war, British was in a big depth so they taxed the hell out of America. And America was angry about but couldn't do nothing. They said that they pay a bunch of taxes but have no voice in the government
Electoral vote (ex. california: 55 electoral votes)
Signs point to North Korea unilaterally launching the invasion. It was not helpful for the USSR and was at a very bad time for the PRC since the war immediately shut down plans to invade Taiwan.
The U.S., especially after Chinese troops entered the war, viewed it as a united and aggressive communist bloc brashly taking over one more country and likely to try more if not resisted. US defense spending shot back up to wartime levels (though far from the WWII peak) and stayed there.
China also viewed it as a feeler for aggression that would go further if not resisted. Both countries were overinterpreting local issues as global ones.
The dramatic reverses were all in the first year, followed by two years of stalemate before the armistice.