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B.I.L. 2 needs punch B.I.L. 1 in the face.Outstanding,I'll find that and text it to him.
B.I.L. 1 likes to argue until he gets his way, B.I.L. 2 is nice to a fault and borderline pushover.
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B.I.L. 2 needs punch B.I.L. 1 in the face.Outstanding,I'll find that and text it to him.
B.I.L. 1 likes to argue until he gets his way, B.I.L. 2 is nice to a fault and borderline pushover.
To be fair, a lot of the Quartering Act is oversold in US history books.
Regs required the British to exhaust every other quartering option, including warehouses and other shops, for sheltering their troops before they turned to the inhabitants. And they usually offered rent first, for voluntary quartering, which was usually all they needed to do; they almost never forced troops on the locals if they could possibly find another option, including putting their troops in tents for months on end (like they did here in Boston, even though Gage had the legal right to quarter them on the population). The Army was well aware that it was a bad idea to force locals to house soldiers, and wise leaders tried to avoid it.
This is similar to the impressment of US sailors "leading to" the War of 1812. Our history books are very one-sided about that issue, too.
I remember my late Father telling me that he was billeted in the UK with a family prior to shipping over D+10. I don't know any details and it is sadly much too late to ask any questions. One thing I do recall was that he sent that family a complete set of sterling silverware from somewhere in Europe after his Lt. refused his request to ship it to my Mother.The British took homes and forced them to house British Soldiers. When they wrote the Bill of Rights this was a big issue of that era.
So it actually does make sense. They take the right of free speech to tell the Brits to get the eff out of their houses. Then take out their lawfully owned firearms per the 2nd. And then enforce the 3rd with 1 and 2.
To be fair, a lot of the Quartering Act is oversold in US history books.
Regs required the British to exhaust every other quartering option, including warehouses and other shops, for sheltering their troops before they turned to the inhabitants. And they usually offered rent first, for voluntary quartering, which was usually all they needed to do; they almost never forced troops on the locals if they could possibly find another option, including putting their troops in tents for months on end (like they did here in Boston, even though Gage had the legal right to quarter them on the population). The Army was well aware that it was a bad idea to force locals to house soldiers, and wise leaders tried to avoid it.
This is similar to the impressment of US sailors "leading to" the War of 1812. Our history books are very one-sided about that issue, too.
Yes, but Britain was our allie at the time. The Brits loved U.S. military and treated them very well.I remember my late Father telling me that he was billeted in the UK with a family prior to shipping over D+10. I don't know any details and it is sadly much too late to ask any questions. One thing I do recall was that he sent that family a complete set of sterling silverware from somewhere in Europe after his Lt. refused his request to ship it to my Mother.
I'd be willing to bet that the percentage of people who go from being liberal to conservative or anti2a to pro2a is similar to the percentage of people who convert from Islam to Christianity. Yeah I'm sure it happens but the numbers are small enough that you can almost say it never happens
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To be fair, a lot of the Quartering Act is oversold in US history books.
Regs required the British to exhaust every other quartering option, including warehouses and other shops, for sheltering their troops before they turned to the inhabitants. And they usually offered rent first, for voluntary quartering, which was usually all they needed to do; they almost never forced troops on the locals if they could possibly find another option, including putting their troops in tents for months on end (like they did here in Boston, even though Gage had the legal right to quarter them on the population). The Army was well aware that it was a bad idea to force locals to house soldiers, and wise leaders tried to avoid it.
This is similar to the impressment of US sailors "leading to" the War of 1812. Our history books are very one-sided about that issue, too.
...he's one half of a whole idiot.
This ^...but that's not the majority of the voting block.