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Step-by-step explanation:
On March 24, 1765, Parliament passed the Quartering Act, which determined where and how British soldiers in the American colonies were to be housed and boarded. The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to keep British soldiers in the barracks they provided. If the barracks were too small to accommodate all of the soldiers, the areas were compelled to put them at nearby inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualing houses, and the residences of wine dealers. The act stated that if there were still soldiers in need of housing after all such public housing was filled, "the colonies were then required to take, hire and make fit for the reception of his Majesty's forces, such and so many uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings as shall be necessary."
In place of the colonial assemblies, this new rule gave the Royal Governors the authority to select homes and structures to lodge British soldiers. The settlers became even more incensed when soldiers who appeared to be from abroad were sent into American villages and they were denied the right to keep them out, the 1774 act intended to explain and extend the British right to lodge troops in American cities since it had been a subject of constant discussion in colonial British America. It was clear from the start that the Royal governor had the authority to quarter soldiers in "uninhabited dwellings, outhouses, barns, or other buildings" and that "doubts have been entertained whether troops can be quartered otherwise than in barracks." Contrary to common opinion, neither the 1774 act nor the 1765 legislation required that British soldiers stay in the occupied private residences of American colonists, even though "other buildings" might be broadly interpreted. In fact, it expressly forbade it.