The Quartering Act
- In 1765, Parliament passed a law called the Quartering Act saying colonial assemblies had to provide British soldiers with housing, food, gunpowder, and bedding
- The colonists protested this, saying that since providing for the soldiers cost money, it was essentially the same thing as a tax, and that the soldiers did't do anything for them but take up space
- The New York assembly decided in 1767 to refuse to give salt, vinegar, and liquor to the soldiers, which England responded to by not letting the assembly meet until it obeyed the act