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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

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One year later, Parliament passed the Quartering Act. The purpose of the Quartering Act was to save money. To enforce the Proclamation of 1763, Britain kept about 10, 000 soldiers in the colonies. The act required colonists to quarter British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. The colonists protested angrily about having to give shelter to soldiers. Once again, the colonists complained that Parliament was violating their rights. Which phrase from the passage provides the best clue to the meaning of quarter?
A
“to save money”
B
“provide them with food and other supplies”
C
“to give shelter to soldiers”
D
“act required colonists”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This new act allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. This only further enraged the colonists by having what appeared to be foreign soldiers boarded in American cities and taking away their authority to keep the soldiers distant.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Quartering Act was passed primarily in response to greatly increased empire defense costs in America following the French and Indian War and Pontiac’s War.

Detailed explanation-3: -Key Takeaways: The Quartering Act Quartering of soldiers in civilian populations would generally be in inns and public houses, not private homes. Colonists resented the Quartering Act as unjust taxation, as it required colonial legislatures to pay to house the troops.

Detailed explanation-4: -British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they –-Wanted to expand westward but were not allowed to.

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