the quartering act allowed british soldiers to stay in colonists homes.
the quartering act allowed british soldiers to stay in colonists homes.
what act allowed british soldiers to stay in colonists homes?
quartering act
the third amendment (1791) prohibits the federal government from forcing individuals to provide lodging to soldiers in their homes during peacetime without their consent. requested by several states during the constitutional ratification debates, the amendment reflected the lingering resentment over the quartering acts passed by the british parliament during the revolutionary war, which had allowed british soldiers to take over private homes for their own use.









































section::::ratified amendments.:safeguards of justice (amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8).
constitution of the united states
the administration of justice act allowed the royal governor to order trials of accused royal officials to take place in great britain or elsewhere within the empire if he decided that the defendant could not get a fair trial in massachusetts. although the act stipulated for witnesses to be reimbursed after having traveled at their own expense across the atlantic, it was not stipulated that this would include reimbursement for lost earnings during the period for which they would be unable to work, leaving few with the ability to testify. george washington called this the "murder act" because he believed that it allowed british officials to harass americans and then escape justice. many colonists believed the act was unnecessary because british soldiers had been given a fair trial following the boston massacre in 1770.
intolerable acts