The American colonial experience in which British troops were allowed to take over homes for their use was commonly known as quartering of soldiers.
We are talking about what was known as the Quartering Acts in colonial America. The English crown required American colonists to give British troops food and housing. The first Quartering Act was passed in 1765 and the second Quartering Act in 1774. Of course, these acts infuriated the American people in the colonies and were one of the causes that initiated the Revolutionary War of Independence.
The victory at Saratoga was the battle after which Burgoyne surrendered his entire army, giving Americans the final element needed to win the Revolutionary War.
The first system the government used in the United States was the Articles of Confederation. It was considered was too weak to enforce their laws meaning that they had no power.
The best term to describe the system would be weak.
