WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 1765 act actually prohibited British soldiers from being quartered in private homes, but it did make the colonial legislatures responsible for paying for and providing for barracks or other accommodations to house British regulars.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. And if the soldiers outnumbered colonial housing, they would be quartered in inns, alehouses, barns, other buildings, etc.

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: -Quartering soldiers is when the government forces an individual to give housing, food and other support to soldiers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Passed June 2, 1774, the Quartering Act was designed to improve housing options for regular troops stationed in the colonies. It seeks to address American doubts about “whether troops can be quartered otherwise than in barracks” if barracks were already provided for them by provincial and local authorities.

Detailed explanation-6: -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.