The Quartering Act

Established June 2, 1774, the Quartering Act of 1774 was similar in substance to the Quartering Act of 1765.

The Quartering Act applied to all of the colonies, and sought to create a more effective method of housing British troops in America. In a previous act, the colonies had been required to provide housing for soldiers, but colonial legislatures had been unhelpful in doing so. The new Quartering Act allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings if suitable quarters were not provided,While many sources claim that the Quartering Act allowed troops to be billeted in occupied private homes. Although many colonists found the Quartering Act objectionable, it generated the least protest of the Coercive Acts.As we can see the Quartering Act of 1774 was similar as the one in 1765 the only thing that it change is that the soldiers would have housing.