There were five main reasons for the quartering act being passed. The first reason was because the colonists were refusing to provide housing and food for the British troops after the French and Indian War. The second reason was because the cost of sending the British Troops back to Great Britain had increased in the past few years because of all the new taxes. This cost could easily be avoided by keeping the troops in the thirteen colonies. The third reason for the Quartering Act was because of the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation of 1763 kept the American colonies from expanding westward into territories that belonged to the Native Indians that lived there. The quartering act added on to the Proclamation of 1763. The fourth
