How Did England Have Too Much Power Over The 13 Colonies

As a British tax-collecting Loyalist living in the colonies, it would be an understatement to say I do not feel safe in my own home. After the Parliament approved the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765 a measure that imposed a tax on all printed materials for commercial and legal use—including papers that ranged from wills and deeds to playing cards—as a means to pay for the deep debt Great Britain had incurred protecting the American colonies from French and Native American forces during the war, which ended in a few years ago in 1763. Personally, I think that this a genius idea that the Parliament has fabricated. This new Act will not cost Parliament a penny, and it shows that Great Britain still has immense power over the 13 colonies; however, I cannot shake this gut feeling that somehow this will end in a bloody dispute with lives lost.
Immediately repulsed and frightful of what else or who could be lurking around, I quickly shut my door and locked myself in my home until sundown. At dusk, a group of angry colonists paraded my street and beheaded the effigy in front of my house and then proceeded to throw stones through my windows to break into my home to then loot my property. I am now terrified for what my future holds and am kicking myself for not trusting my gut in the beginning. Even though I love my country, Great Britain, I now feel very distraught that I am no longer welcome nor safe in a country that is famous for being called the ‘Land of