60-Second Civics: Episode 5035, Bill of Rights, Part 3: The Third Amendment

60-Second Civics Podcast

English - December 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 minute - ★★★★ - 75 ratings
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The Third Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes. This might sound strange to us now, but it was a reality for American colonists in the pre-Revolutionary era, who were deprived of this right by the British authorities even though it was a right allowed to their British brethren.

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