Quartering Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Quartering_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1765
gptkbp:effect increased tensions between Britain and the colonies
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Quartering_Act_of_1774
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:An_Act_for_providing_suitable_quarters_for_officers_and_soldiers_in_his_Majesty's_service_in_North_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quartering Act
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:opposedBy American colonists
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
gptkbp:provides if no suitable quarters were available, soldiers could be housed in private homes
required colonists to house soldiers in barracks, inns, and uninhabited houses
gptkbp:purpose to require colonial assemblies to provide housing and supplies for British troops
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:repealedBy 1770
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
gptkb:Stamp_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5