Reagan

Quartering Act By: Reagan

The government left many soldiers in the colonies after the French and Indian war. The British were afraid that the Native Americans or Spanish Settlers might attack them.Britain thought that colonists should help pay for the army. In 1765 a new law was past by the parliament called the "Quartering Act." The quartering act said that the colonists had to provide food, fuel, candles, transportation, and sometimes even shelter. The colonists were very angry about this new law. The colonists did not want to pay for the British troops. Many of them had much more to pay for, like there family. Most of the colonists treated the soldiers badly and called them mean names, like lobster back because of there bright red coats. The colonists did not the soldiers there and the soldiers did not want to be there.