This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

On this day in 1765, Parliament approved the Quartering Act, which outlined the terms by which British soldiers would be furnished with free room and board in the American colonies.

That assumption was wrong, in part because the Quartering Act, like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and the other “taxation” acts of the 1760s, was seen by the colonists as a threat to their rights.

The Quartering Act of 1765 wasn’t the only time redcoats took to sleeping on the Common. They also camped out during the Revolutionary War, most notably during the 1775 siege of Boston.

One group was tasked with studying the Quartering Act of 1765. Their podcast was one of nearly 2,000 submitted to NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge.

The Quartering Act expanded the power of royal governors to house troops wherever they wanted. Even King George III, though, ...

The Quartering Act of 1774 provided that colonists might have to house soldiers wherever necessary, including private houses. This mandate of quartering soldiers was one of the grievances provided ...

The Quartering Act of 1774 provided that colonists might have to house soldiers wherever necessary, including private houses. This mandate of quartering soldiers was one of many grievances ...

The Quartering Act of 1765 Students: Santiago Ucciferri, Alexis Susca, Samantha Cohen and Kai Sudo School: Fulton Avenue School 8, Oceanside, N.Y.