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 wherever ...
In 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
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. This is an excerpt from "The Quartering Act of 1765" ...