he correct answer to this open question is the following.
In studying United States history, we often learn more about the colonists' perspective. Considering the British perspective on this issue, I can say that the way in which the British Parliament justified their stance toward the colonies was in that the English government always felt superior, compared to the North American colonies.
It had been the King of England, the one that had authorized English people to travel to the Americas to conquer, colonize, and express some gratitude to the crown of England. That is how the King and the Parliament thought at that time.
So for them, it was inconceivable that the colonies wanted to have rights. For the English government, the colonist was subjected to the British crown and had to pay tribute to England.
That is why the Parliament frequently imposed heavy taxation and other forms of punishment on the colonists.