EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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required the colonists to provide food for British troops.
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required the colonists to provide housing for French troops.
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required the colonists to provide housing for British troops.
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required the British to provide clothing for British troops.
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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: -In 1765, Parliament passed an amendment to the Mutiny Act, which became known as the Quartering Act of 1765. Contrary to popular belief, this Quartering Act did not direct British soldiers to be billeted in the private homes of the colonists.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-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.