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Quartering in Private Homes
The British Army's quartering, or lodging, of troops in private homes was one reason Americans sought independence from Great Britain. During the Revolutionary War, American troops were also quartered in private homes because they had no barracks. Weary Rhode Islanders wrote this resolution to Congress demanding that barracks be built. In 1791, the Third Amendment placed restrictions on quartering.
True copy of a Resolution from Freemen of Providence, Rhode Island, to draft a letter to Congress to represent the situation of quartering in Providence, July 3, 1779, Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention |