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The quartering acts were passed by the parliament to make sure that British soldiers in North American colonies had adequate housing and provisions. They required the colonists to provide places for soldiers to live.

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In the time of the American Revolution, British troops were allowed to take residence in U.s. citizens' homes. The citizen would have to provide all the neccessities for the British troops as long as they needed to stay there. And if they refused, they were punished by death.

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The Quartering Act of 1774 was one of the Coercive Acts. This act applied to all colonies and stated the british troops could live and eat in colonial home without the owners' premission.

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in march 1765, parliament passed the quartering act to address the practical concerns of such a troop deveopment

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the quartering act said that the colonists had to give food and house the British troops.

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