How can Great Britain and the colonies be compared to a parent and child

 Great Britain was like a parent because it created the colonies and expected them to respect its authority. The colonies were like a child who sometimes refused to obey the parent.

Explanation:

well England founded the colonies and made them

representative government

explanation:

american revolution: major events leading to declaration of independence. 1765-1766; tax introduced on legal documents to pay for defense of colonies. 1766: stamp act repealed after merchants protesting due to their goods not being bout and officials being threatened.

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live