bunny girls are my religion
If you mean the Boston tea party then in my opinion they did it out of extreme anger. They had pretty much nothing else they could do and thought well why not dress up as Indians and go destroy a bunch of tea. The way I'm explaining it probably sucks but to me that's how it seems.
I believe the answer is: Individualism and federal bureaucracy
Individualism becomes a threat because it make people less likely to be involved in social issues, while federal bureaucracy would strengthen the Federal government and would take away the power to determine enacted law from the people.