What did the king and other english leaders think about americans

Kings and other English thought that Americans are like children and the English were the parents because of the fact that whatever the kings and the Parliament decided must something that the Americans follows. Parliament submitted a stamp act stating that Americans should provide housing for 10,000 British Soldiers who were to protect them. But the Americans did not like paying taxes and paying those soldiers, so they protested and later on the stamp passed by Parliament was repealed.