ABSTRACT
Without doubt, public relations and politics have been intertwined in American politics since the American Revolution and the fi ght for independence from England. In fact, “No taxation without representation” was one of the fi rst political slogans widely used to emphasize British colonists’ fi ght for independence from England and its monarchy (McKinnon, Tedesco, & Lauder, 2001). The slogan is associated with the Boston Tea Party, which was one of the ensuing nation’s fi rst signifi cant political events. The Boston Tea Party was a staged event aimed to earn media attention and to emphasize the American colonists’ disagreement with the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament in 1773 to impose taxes on tea shipped to America (McKinnon et al., 2001). The slogan emphasized American colonists’ objection to taxes going back to the British monarchy when colonists were without direct representation in the British Parliament. In current-day, Washington, DC residents use the campaign slogan to emphasize their desire for direct representation in the U.S. Congress.
