BILLETING ACT
\bɪlˈiːtɪŋ ˈakt], \bɪlˈiːtɪŋ ˈakt], \b_ɪ_l_ˈiː_t_ɪ_ŋ ˈa_k_t]\
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an act passed by Parliament in 1765 directing Colonial legislatures to make specific contributions toward the support of an army. Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts, caused it to be printed in the colony laws. It was resisted in New York and in South Carolina.
By John Franklin Jameson
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