Why have individual rights of autonomy historically been so important in American cultural, political, and legal values?

Americans associate autonomy with independence, liberty, and freedom. This freedom is required in all forms, be it political, economical, ideological etc. The Founding Fathers called liberty an unalienable God given right of mankind in the Declaration of Independence ... This being one of the main reasons for breaking away from Britain as well.

Explanation:

It has been a part of basic ideology for the creation of the U. S. This ideology has expanded to cultural, legal, and political values because American values have been derived from the thought behind its formation.