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The Province of New York was their headquarters, because the assembly had passed an Act to provide for the quartering of British regulars, but it expired on January 2, 1764, [2] The result was the Quartering Act 1765, which went far beyond what Gage had requested. No standing army had been kept in the colonies before the French and Indian War ...
The Mutiny Acts 1765 and 1774 are better known as Quartering Acts because of the changes which added quartering requirements for British troops in the American Colonies, beyond what the Army had provided.
Mutiny, America Act 1765 or the Quartering Act 1765 (repealed) 5 Geo. 3. c. 33. 15 May 1765.
22 March – Parliament passes the Stamp Act which is the first direct tax levied on the American colonies. [4] 24 March – Parliament passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops. [5]
In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain enacted the first of the Quartering Acts, [6] requiring the Thirteen Colonies to provide food to British Army troops serving in the colonies, and ordering that if their local barracks provided insufficient space, that colonial authorities lodge troops in public buildings such as alehouses, inns, and livery stables.
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Parliament passed the Quartering Act of 1765, permitting British troops to be quartered in vacant houses, barns, and outbuildings, but not private residences. [52] Gage's thoughts on the reasons for colonial unrest played an important role in furthering the unrest.
Many of the acts passed by the British were perceived by the colonists as threatening to their liberties. Although not a part of the Grenville government's programme, the issue was generally attributed to him by the colonists. Another one of the most controversial acts passed by Grenville was the Quartering Act on 15 May 1765.