In my opinion they acted imprudently, considering all circumstances, in not complying so far as would have given satisfaction, as several colonies did. But ...

The colonists demanded repeal of the Townshend duties. They also denounced the proposed use of part of the proceeds of the duties to pay the salaries of royal ...

The colonists disputed the legality of this Act because it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689. Colonists Disputed the Act. The Quartering Act of 1765 ...

Colonies complied with the Quartering Act to varying degrees. New York was one of the most resistant colonies. When it refused to pay for supplies as mandated ...

22 авг. 2019 г. · Colonists resented the Quartering Act as unjust taxation, as it required colonial legislatures to pay to house the troops. References to the ...

While quartering measures were viewed as reasonable in wartime, the colonists did not see the continued need to provide free accommodation to the British Army.

American colonists in 1765 were already taxed heavily by the British crown, and they were uncomfortable with the presence of the British army in colonial ...

The colonists were against having a standing army during peacetime, and they certainly didn't want to pay for one. They opposed being taxed when they had no ...

In response to what was happening to the colonists, Benjamin Franklin opened up an Assembly meeting suggesting that soldiers could be quartered in public ...