What is Quartering Acts?
'''Quartering Act''' is the name given to two Acts of the [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] in the 18th century. These acts ordered the local governments of the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]] to give British soldiers housing and food when they needed it. Each of the Quartering Acts was an [[amendment]] to the [[Mutiny Acts|Mutiny Act]]. The Parliament renewed them each year.<ref>William Winthrop 1920. ''Military law and precedents''. 2d ed, London: Government Printing Office, Quartering Act, p19/20.</ref> The Acts were passed to solve the problems of the [[French and Indian War]]. They caused tension between the [[Thirteen Colonies]] and the government in [[London]]. These problems led, in part, to the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/quartering.htm Text of the Act of 1765] * [[s:Quartering Act of 1774|Text of the Act of 1774]] {{-}} {{hist-stub}} [[Category:18th century in the United States]] [[Category:History of the United Kingdom]]