Question

How did the King and Parliament view the American colonies?

Answer 1

Hint: It was in the 17th and 18th centuries, thirteen American colonies were established by Great Britain. A charter was granted to the Virginia Company of London by King James I of England in 1606 to colonize the American coast.

Complete answer:
The American colonies were viewed as production factories for Great Britain by the King and Parliament. The people in the colonies were seen as colonists, not as citizens and they were denied the rights and privileges enjoyed by the British citizens.
By the 1770s, Great Britain established a number of colonies in North America. The American colonists thought that they are citizens of Great Britain and subjects of King George III. Through trade and by the way of governance, the American colonists were tied to Britain.
The colonies had to depend on Britain for goods and supplies that were imported since the trade was restricted. The King and Parliament considered that they had the power and right to collect tax from the colonies. Several kinds of taxes were collected based on acts and legislations like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, the Townshend Act, Quartering Act etc.
Many colonists felt that these taxes violated their rights and they began to resist and protest by boycotting, and not buying British goods.

Note: The imposition of tax revenue from the colonies offended the colonists and it resulted in protests. It was on July 2, 1776, in the Second Continental Congress, a meeting in Philadelphia, unanimously resolved the right of the United States to be free and independent. The congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4 that finally ended the ties of American colonies with Great Britain.