"act" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Quartering Act of 1765, probably more than anything else, stripped the colonists of funds and thus the ability to purchase imported luxuries.
- The Quartering Act was circumvented in all colonies other than Pennsylvania.
- Difficulties in the city and colony were increased by the Quartering Act, which required the colonists to provide housing and support to the British troops.
- In addition, it reinforced provisions of the Quartering Act, which gave the army the right to demand food and shelter from colonists.
- He used his position in Parliament to highlight the colonial objections to the Quartering Act of 1765 and other unpopular legislation.
- The enabling legislation took the form of the Quartering Act which required colonial legislatures to provide quarters and supplies for the troops.
- The Assembly was also temporarily suspended for failure to comply with the Quartering Act in 1769.
- But those who were directly affected by the provisions of the Quartering Act were less amused.
- Parliament passed the Quartering Act of 1765, permitting British troops to be quartered in private residences.
- Still another law allowed Britain to house troops where ever it wanted to, this was called the Quartering Act.
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