Americans weren't angry about hosting soldiers, it was because it was a requirement. In some cases, residents slept in their barns while a soldier rested comfortably in the master bedroom. The Massachusetts and New York assemblies voted against allocating supplies to the troops. In response, Townsend halted the New York assemblies until they agreed to support the act. More troops had been sent to America to maintain control of the situation in the colonies. Now the soldiers were not only using their resources, but they were also taking jobs. Soldiers did not earn as well and sought work in the colonies, competing with settlers who were workers in the cities. Furious dock workers got into a brawl with a group of soldiers. Five people were killed as soldiers fired at the rowdy crowd. The authority of Great Britain had forced the colonists to have to share their livelihoods with these soldiers, livelihoods that had already been taken away from them