play epicduel
It was the Quartering Act.
Quartering Acts required that citizens house soldiers.
The Quartering Act of 1765 forced the colonies to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers after the French and Indian War. This was a method of regaining control of the colonies for the British.
It forced them to let soldiers into their home, and give the soldiers anything they wanted.
It was known as "Quartering". Homeowners would be required to quarter- that is, provide quarters for a given number of soldiers in their homes.
It was known as "Quartering". Homeowners would be required to quarter- that is, provide quarters for a given number of soldiers in their homes.
It was known as "Quartering". Homeowners would be required to quarter- that is, provide quarters for a given number of soldiers in their homes.
The Townshend Acts angered the colonists because they felt as if Britain was trying to take over the colonies. (If you saw this before, housing and providing for British soldiers was known as the Quartering Act.)
Because in the past the British soldiers do not want Boston and they put Boston to pay taxes. The Boston colonists were forced to quarter the British soldiers. Quartering refers to housing and feeding them.
The Quartering Act
The quartering act
It forced colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes. The Quartering Act was an act, passed by Parliament that made colonists house or quarter British soldiers. While many sources claim that the 1774 act allowed troops to be billeted in occupied private homes, this is a myth. The act only permitted troops to be quartered in unoccupied buildings. It did not, as generations of American school children were taught, permit the housing of troops in private homes. When the US was still colonies of Great Britain, there was a law that required the colonists to allow the British soldiers to live in their homes.
The Intolerable Acts were also known as the Coercive Acts. They forced the colonists to do what ever the British wanted. That includes giving housing and food for free away to the British soldiers. Coercive-forced