My Country – The Quartering Act of 1765 On March 24, 1765, Parliament passed the Quartering Act. The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities needed to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery …
My Country – Sir John Elliot and Sedition Like Peter Wentworth, Sir John Elliot ended up in the Tower of London because of speaking out on the floor of Parliament. In 1629, after King Charles I ordered the House of Commons to adjourn, several MPs held the Speaker in his chair. They insisted to give …
My Country – Peter Wentworth and Free Speech Queen Elizabeth I believed that freedom of speech meant that anything that she wanted said could be said. Otherwise, keep it to yourself. Additionally, she noted that the House of Commons should not consider any bill concerning religion unless clergy approved the bill. Cannot imagine where the …