Tag: Quartering Act of 1765

Author’s Talk—Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution

When Congress declared independence in 1776, it cited King George III “for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.” In Quarters, John Gilbert McCurdy explores the social and political history behind this charge, offering the first authoritative account of the housing of British soldiers in America. Providing new interpretations and analysis of the Quartering […]