Parliament imposes Quartering Act on Colonies, March 24, 1765. By Andrew Glass 03/24/2015 12:01 AM EDT.

On this July 4th week, we’re handing the mic to 4th graders for a history lesson One group was tasked with studying the Quartering Act of 1765. Their podcast was one of nearly 2,000 submitted to ...

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.

British Parliament in 1774 retaliated against American colonists with a series of laws we call the Intolerable Acts. The Quartering Act expanded the power of royal governors to house troops ...

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 ...

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.

March 22: Stamp Act — Tax on paper goods and legal documents. March 24: Quartering Act — Colonies must provide housing and food for British troops.

The U.S. Constitution is our supreme law of America. Amendments are part of the Constitution. The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were submitted to the state legislatures in September 1789 ...