Question

The conflict over the Quartering Act showed that...

Answer 1

anticolonial feelings in the House of Commons were strong and that Parliament would not hesitate to defend its sovereignty.

there was a strong procolonial bloc in the House of Commons that was prepared to exert considerable pressure on the government to maintain good relations with the colonies.

there were strong feelings amongst the colonists who detested the British policy of taxing all paper goods.

the British government was caught in a dilemma of wanting to permit continued American self-governance but, at the same time, wanting to reassert at least the principle of parliamentary sovereignty.

King George III was, in reality, the main force within the British government restraining the ministry of Lord North from imposing a tyranny on the colonies.

Answer 2

i think neither the king nor Parliament particularly cared about the civil liberties of Americans as long as the colonies were paying their share of colonial defense.