Analysis Of The Mutiny Act Of 1765
The reason for the anger toward the British, the Mutiny Act of 1765 required colonial assemblies to house and supply British soldiers. even though in disguised, most colonists objected having a “standing army” in the colonies, likewise objected to providing housing and supplies that was required of them. That was another attempt to tax them without their consent, even after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Most colonists still had resentment with British colonial policies. Various colonial assemblies refused to vote the mandated supplies. To teach the colonist a lesson, the British destroy the New York assembly in 1767, most non-New Yorkers dislike this action, knowing that their own assembly could be shut down.