Question: when was the quartering act of 1774 passed
Answer: This first Quartering Act was given Royal Assent on May 15 , 1765 , and provided that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses , as by the Mutiny Act of 1765 , but if its soldiers outnumbered the housing available , would quarter them in `` inns , livery stables , ale houses , victualing houses , and the houses of sellers of wine and houses of persons selling of rum , brandy , strong water , cider or metheglin '' , and if numbers required in `` uninhabited houses , outhouses , barns , or other buildings .