USA HISTORY

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: -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-3: -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-4: -The Quartering Acts were two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of Britain’s North American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food. Each of the Quartering Acts was an amendment to the Mutiny Act and required annual renewal by Parliament.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Quartering Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament on the date of March 24th of that year. In essence, it required colonial governments to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers while they were stationed in colonial territories.