Step 5

Have you ever had military personnel stay on your property? How would you feel if you were told you were required to do so? Most people would find it intrusive. I know I would. In 1774, the second quartering act was passed, requiring colonists to house British troops. Loyalists, people who were loyal to the king, would have had fewer problems with the idea. The rest of the colonists seethed at the thought. “Why should I provide room and board for someone who is here to make sure I do not have my freedom?” may have been what many thought when this act was forced upon them. This would have rung true especially in places with limited resources.
I used to think that these soldiers were staying within private homes. Upon further research, I learned that the soldiers actually stayed in barns, warehouses, empty homes and buildings. However, if act passed today forcing our military men and women, I don’t have a barn or any other type of habitable outbuilding. Even if I had such a building, or soldiers stayed in my neighbors’ detached garages, I would be anything but happy. I would expect the headlines of newspapers to say something about big brother is watching.
Fortunately, we don’t have to provide room and board for our military, unless we are in the middle of a war. It’s outlined in the Bill of Rights that only during war can soldiers be quartered in “any house,” and only “in a manner to be prescribed by law.”

.Dear Diary Entry
The video is representing what might have happened had a person named Mr. (or Ms.)
Redcoat decided to live with you without your permission. Compose a diary entry explaining what it is like to have a complete stranger living with you:
 where Mr. Redcoat will sleep, what Mr.
Redcoat will eat, what things Mr. Redcoat might do around the house, and how that affects the
you & your  family. Mr. Redcoat should also be obviously nosy; he goes through the family's
mail, looks in the family's drawers and closets, and eavesdrops on the family conversations.  Show how you would feel.