March 24 in American History
Parliament required the colonies to house and supply British troops stationed among them, often in private buildings. The resentment it bred ran so deep that the founders later wrote it directly into the Bill of Rights: the Third Amendment forbids quartering soldiers in private homes without consent — a grievance answered in the Constitution itself.
In 1765: the Quartering Act. Parliament required the colonies to house and supply British troops stationed among them, often in private buildings.
Parliament required the colonies to house and supply British troops stationed among them, often in private buildings. The resentment it bred ran so deep that the founders later wrote it directly into the Bill of Rights: the Third Amendment forbids quartering soldiers in private homes without consent — a grievance answered in the Constitution itself.
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