The Quartering Act were two acts that were put in place by the British Parliament in 1765. The purpose of these acts were to require the governments of the American to provide British soldiers with requests for lodging and food.
The colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament, but the British also needed funds for their soldiers to protect the colonists from another Native American rebellion.
On March 5th, 1770, a group of boys threw snow balls to tease British soldiers who were stationed in Boston. As the crowd grew and became more high-spirited, the soldiers fired into the crowd of people and killed 5 Americans.
The British captured Savannah Georgia and Agusta
95 American casualities total between the two battles. I don't know the individual breakdown of each battle, though.
i know one is the hessians, and Asians :D
i came here to get the answer, not answer the question. whats the point of making this lame page??
The minute men prepared the militia for the arrival of the British soldiers by hanging one lantern if the British were coming by land and two if they were coming by sea.
infantry and engineers
This was part of the Intolerable Acts of 1774 and was based on the idea that British soldiers would not get a fair hearing in the colonies where the people were unfairly biased against the British soldiers. It was also a nod to the Boston Massacre trials in 1770 where colonists convicted two British soldiers of manslaughter and the perceived illegitimacy of this trial by British authorities.
Housecarls were the professional soldiers of the King's personal guard. The fyrd were the part-time soldiers mainly made up of farmers.
what were the two sides of the Boston massacure argument
Two patriots also rode out to warn the militia.
There were actually two battles of Saratoga in which the British and their German auxiliaries fought the Continental Army. In the two battles the British and Germans lost about 9,000 men who were killed, wounded, captured or deserted.
British soldiers have been present in the war in Afghanistan since 2003. British Prime Minister at the time Tony Blair sent them there and current Prime Minister David Cameron says they'll be home within the next two years.
There was not a winning and a losing side in the Boston Massacre. Five Colonials died, and the soldiers were tried in civil court. Two were found guilty of manslaughter. But it was not a win nor a defeat. It was just a moment in history.
The colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament, but the British also needed funds for their soldiers to protect the colonists from another Native American rebellion.