Mostly what does the word Quartering mean in this context? I'm so lost...Thanks for the help!
2007-08-27 15:48:43 · 8 answers · asked by Amanda 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It DOES refer to the housing of troops. (It is related to the word "quarters" to refer to housing.) But the answers so far have a significant point wrong.
Contrary to the popular understanding, the Quartering Acts of 1756 and 1774 did NOT require people to house British soldiers in their private homes. The complaint concerned the demands for provision of housing and food at the colonists' own EXPENSE as well as that the authority to make decisions in these matters was taken out of local hands.
But don't just go on my say-so.
Here are links to the complete text of these acts. Some folks think that the later one expanded the demand to private homes, but a comparison of the texts shows that is not so.
http://ahp.gatech.edu/quartering_act_1765.html
http://ahp.gatech.edu/quartering_act_1774.html
And here is a helpful history.com article and a pair of very solid blog posts explaining the meaning and context of these acts, debunking the myths and showing what the colonists' REAL complaints (second and third are a pair):
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=320
http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/03/myths-and-realities-of-quartering-act.html
http://boston1775.blogspot.com/search/label/James%20Forrest
2007-08-29 02:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. It prohibits the quartering of soldiers (military personnel) in private homes without the owner's consent in peacetime. It makes quartering legally permissible in wartime only, but only in accordance with law. The Founding Fathers' intention in writing this amendment was to prevent the recurrence of soldiers being quartered in private citizens' houses as was done in Colonial America by the British military under the Quartering Act before the American Revolution (1775/6).
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Mostly what does the word Quartering mean in this context? I'm so lost...Thanks for the help!
2015-08-06 09:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means letting them live in your home. Back in the day soldiers would stay with the residents of the town during war times and the people would feed the troops and give them a place of rest
2007-08-27 15:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by Adonis D 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It means to house troops in privately owned residence or property.
2007-08-27 15:56:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's like allowing soldiers to board in your home...giving them shelter and the like.
2007-08-27 15:56:21 · answer #8 · answered by myheroissnape 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it means that soilders can take up resident in a civilian's home with or without their consent. but not permanent residence
2007-08-27 15:56:09 · answer #9 · answered by J C 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
give them houseing for the night, food and all that, pretty much letting them stay at your house
2007-08-27 15:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by chris L 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋