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Quartering Act


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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(15 May 1765) Applicable only to five colonies where British troops resided in barracks within settled areas rather than frontier posts, this Parliamentary law mandated that the colonies' assemblies buy firewood, candles, vinegar, salt, bedding, eating utensils, and a liquor ration for the troops. Arguing that the law was an unconstitutional imposition of indirect taxation – i.e. Parliament forcing the colonies to tax themselves rather than imposing a tax directly – the N.Y. legislature refused to comply with it and was threatened by the N ew Y ork S uspending A ct. Britain ceased enforcing the act after 1767 and let it expire in 1768. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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