Carey in 1982. The Quartering Act has been cited as one of the reasons for the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits infringing on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Standing armies were mistrusted, and the First Congress considered quartering of troops to have been one of the tools of oppression before and during the American revolution. See also Dragonnade The Mutiny Acts Billeting Notes References External links Text of the Quartering Act 1765 Text of the Quartering Act 1774 Laws leading to the American Revolution Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain 1764 in law Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1765 Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1774 1764 in the Thirteen Colonies 1765 in the Thirteen Colonies 1774 in the Thirteen Colonies