Quartering Act

Examples of Quartering Act in the following topics:

• The Acts of Parliament

  • The Quartering Acts ordered the local governments of the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers.
  • Following the expiration of an Act that provided British regulars with quartering in New York, Parliament passed the Quartering Act of 1765, which went far beyond what Gage had requested.
  • When 1,500 British troops arrived at New York City in 1766, the New York Provincial Assembly refused to comply with the Quartering Act and did not supply quartering for the troops.
  • The Quartering Act was circumvented in all colonies other than Pennsylvania and expired on 1767.
  • An amendment to the original Quartering Act was passed on June 2, 1774.

• Tax Protests

  • The first wave of protests attacked the Stamp Act of 1765, and marked the first time Americans from each of the thirteen colonies met together and planned a common front against illegal taxes.
  • The Parliament attempted a series of taxes and punishments which met more and more resistance, namely the First Quartering Act (1765), the Declaratory Act (1766), the Townshend Revenue Act (1767), and the Tea Act (1773).
  • In response to the Boston Tea Party Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts: the Second Quartering Act (1774), the Quebec Act (1774), the Massachusetts Government Act (1774), the Administration of Justice Act (1774), the Boston Port Act (1774), and the Prohibitory Act (1775).

• The Coercive Acts

  • The first of the acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party was the Boston Port Act.
  • The Quartering Act applied to all of the colonies and sought to create a more effective method of housing British troops in America.
  • The new Quartering Act allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings if suitable quarters were not provided.
  • Although many colonists found the Quartering Act objectionable, it generated the least amount of protest of the Coercive Acts.
  • The citizens of Boston viewed the Coercive Acts as an act of unnecessary and cruel punishment that inflamed outrage against Britain even further.

• British Taxes and Colonial Grievances

  • The Sugar Act of 1764 reduced the taxes imposed by the Molasses Act, but at the same time strengthened the collection of the tax.
  • In 1765, Parliament passed the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide room and board for British soldiers stationed in North America.
  • Following the Quartering Act, Parliament passed one of the most infamous pieces of legislation: the Stamp Act.
  • The act faced vehement opposition throughout the colonies.
  • Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but passed the Declaratory Act in its wake.

• Slave Families

  • “While the form of family life in the quarters differed radically from that among free Negroes and whites, this does not mean it failed to perform many of the traditional functions of the family—the rearing of children being one of the most important of these functions.
  • In the quarters, he “acted like a man”, castigating whites for the mistreatment of himself and his family; in the field working for the master, he appeared obedient and submissive.
  • He believes that children recognized submissiveness as a convenient method to avoid punishment and the behavior in the quarters as the true behavioral model.

• Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions

  • A half note is half the length of a whole note; a quarter note is half the length of a half note; an eighth note is half the length of a quarter note, and so on.
  • So a dotted half note, for example, would last as long as a half note plus a quarter note, or three quarters of a whole note.
  • A dotted half lasts as long as a half note plus a quarter note.
  • The dot acts as if it is adding another note half the length of the original note.
  • A dotted quarter note, for example, would be the length of a quarter plus an eighth, because an eighth note is half the length of a quarter note.

• Enforcing the Navigation Acts

  • Later revisions of the Act added new regulations.
  • Ships' crews had to be three-quarters English, and ship captains were required to post bond to ensure compliance.
  • The Acts were in full force for a short time only.
  • On the whole, the Navigation Acts were more or less obeyed by colonists, despite their dissatisfaction, until the Molasses and Sugar Acts.
  • Describe the central stipulations of the Navigation Acts and the Acts' effect on the political and economic situation in the colonies

• The Stimulus Package and the Occupy Movement

  • The act includes increased federal spending for health care, infrastructure, and education.
  • Through the act, the Obama administration pumped almost $800 billion into the economy to stimulate economic growth and job creation.
  • During 2014, the unemployment rate continued to decline, falling to 6.3% in the first quarter.
  • Gross domestic product (GDP) growth returned in the third quarter of 2009, expanding at a rate of 1.6%, followed by a 5.0% increase in the fourth quarter.
  • Growth continued in 2010, posting an increase of 3.7% in the first quarter, with lesser gains throughout the rest of the year.

• Regulating Congressional Lobbyists

  • Many of the laws and guidelines are specified in the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
  • An exception is that lobbyists who earn less than $3,000 per client for each fiscal quarter, or whose total lobbying expenses are less than $11,500 each quarter, do not need to register.
  • Part-time lobbyists are exempt from registering unless they spend more than 20% of their working hours doing lobbying activities in any quarter.
  • The resulting Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (1946) governed lobbying rules up until 1995 when the Lobbying Disclosure Act replaced it.
  • In 2002, the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 later amended the law to the McCain Feingold Act, which contained rules governing campaign contributions.

• The Third Amendment

  • The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits, in peacetime or wartime, the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
  • No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
  • The Third Amendment protects citizens against the quartering of soldiers in private homes.