B. St. Augustine :) hope this helps
Had the Declaration of Independence never been drafted i believe that the United States of America would still be under Britains thumb. This being said one can assume that the tax policies would be severely different as they would change with each monarch, but yes taxation without representation and over taxation would still be a problem.
I hope that answered the question the specific 'Problems' weren't outlined so i i assumed you were referring to the problem of Taxation
Western political though simply refers to the culminaton of ideas that can be found in Europe and the US + Canada. All of these three entities tend to take the same or similar stance towards different political aspects of life.
