British troops and officers that fought in the French and Indian War had figured out that it was hard to convince to pay the quartering and help out the troops. The Quartering Act of 1765 was an act that demanded the colonies to take in British troops and feed them, give them shelter, utensils, candles, salt, vinegar, cider or beer. The Quartering Act passed the standards of what Thomas Gage had requested. The colonist got angry of the legality of this act because they felt that it violated the English Bill of Rights of 1689, which was against taxation without representation or creating a militia without permission from Britain. If the house of the assigned colonist was too small to fit the soldier and their family, they would put the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualing houses, etc.