How Did The British Respond To The American Revolution

Despite what the British initially accomplished in aiding the colonies, Britain eventually became a government that the colonists were not content with. Acquainted with freedoms such as self-government, colonists were hesitant and resistant when the British imposed any act upon them that might threaten their freedoms. Just because the British were used to their ways of government operation, doesn’t mean that the colonists were willing to allow themselves to be subjected to the same treatment. For example, when a master frees his slave and allows him to taste freedom for the first time, the slave would not expect the master to have the same prominence in his life compared to the days when the slave was considered property. The same concept
This act allowed British troops to reside in public buildings, and colonial barracks during times of peace. The mere thought of having military forces stationed among colonists during peacetime was widely disapproved of by colonial residents. An example of this disapproval was when British forces arrived at New York around 1766. The Assembly of New York refused to allow the British troops to quarter on colonial land. This led to a small fight, and resulted in one of the colonists being wounded. One of the primary reasons that colonists opposed British Quartering was that they were forced to quarter British troops sometimes against their will during the French & Indian War. If they were forced to house troops, they not only provided shelter, but also meals and even supplies. This means that colonists had to furnish supplies that would be consumed by strangers of the British army at the colonists’ expense. This was clearly an intrusion to the right of private property, and disrupted normal ways of living that colonists were accustomed to. Colonists would not stand for the infringement on freedom that the quartering of troops