What Did the Conflict Over the Quartering Act Demonstrate

question 74

Multiple Choice

What did the conflict over the Quartering Act demonstrate?

• A) It showed that there was strong anticolonial sentiment in the House of Commons and that Parliament would not hesitate to defend its sovereignty.
• B) It showed that there was a strong procolonial bloc in the House of Commons that was prepared to exert considerable pressure on the government to maintain good relations with the colonies.
• C) It showed that neither the king nor Parliament particularly cared about the civil liberties of Americans as long as the colonies were paying their share of colonial defense.
• D) It showed that the British government was caught in a dilemma of wanting to permit continued American self-governance but, at the same time, wanting to reassert at least the principle of parliamentary sovereignty.
• E) It showed that King George III was, in reality, the main force within the British government restraining the ministry of Lord North from imposing a tyranny on the colonies.

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