SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Colonists were forced to house British soldiers in their homes
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Colonists were forced to pay taxes on legal documents.
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Colonists were forced to have meetings with the British
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses and the houses of sellers of wine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Quartering Act, (1765), in American colonial history, the British parliamentary provision (actually an amendment to the annual Mutiny Act) requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Quartering Act applied to all of the colonies, and sought to create a more effective method of housing British troops in America. In a previous act, the colonies had been required to provide housing for soldiers, but colonial legislatures had been uncooperative in doing so.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Quartering Act required the American colonies to provide food, drink, quarters (lodging), fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. The British Parliament passed it in 1765, shortly after the passage of the Stamp Act.