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Picture of limiting the quartering act, which is letting soldiers in your home.

2007-01-23 06:28:40 · 5 answers · asked by shelby k 1 in Politics & Government Military

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Government can't force you to house soldiers. Good. Doesn't really apply today does it?

2007-01-23 06:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by miketorse 5 · 1 0

It means that soldiers couldn't force themselves into your home. You weren't obligated to provide them with a bed and food. Before, when troops would move through an area, they could stay in your house whether you liked it or not. And yes, the situation definitely applied more to the Revolution era than to anything we have today.

2007-01-23 06:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by desiderio 5 · 2 0

during the revolution,British army troops were forcibily quartered in citizens homes instead of barracks....felt up the women,bullied the men,ate the food w/o paying....for some reason it left a bad taste in the Founding Fathers mouths and they wrote an exculsion in the rules for the new country....

2007-01-23 06:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

it was written during the American Revolution and it only applied to colonies housing British soliders. But as time changed, there was more troops and were able to make camp and establish forts.

2007-01-23 08:05:35 · answer #4 · answered by mickeymantleismyidol 1 · 0 0

Had more to go with revolution than any thing today

2007-01-23 06:34:36 · answer #5 · answered by rallman@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0 0

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