What did the conflict over the Quartering Act demonstrate?
A) It showed that there was strong anticolonial sentiment in the House of Commons and that Parliament would not hesitate to defend its sovereignty.
B) It showed that 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.
C) It showed that 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.
D) It showed that 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.
E) It showed that 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.
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