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What documents authorized british customs officials to search colonist homes without a search warrant?
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∙ 14y ago
It's the Writs Of Assistance that allowed the British to search homes. =)
This was on my History Test!
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe closet thing I could think of is the Writs of Assistance. It was a general search warrant that permitted customs officials to enter any ships or buildings where smuggled goods might be hidden. Most merchants dealt with business from their own homes, so the Writs of Assistance would allow the British to search the colonist's homes. It required that no evidence be required. The colonists found this unconstitutional.
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∙ 13y agoThe Constitution
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what authorized British officials to search colonists' homes or ships anytime they wished?
The Revenue Act was an act in which authorized British officials to search the colonists' homes or ships anytime they wished. However, it was under the guise of searching for smuggled goods.
To search a colonist house a British officer had to present a what?
They had to have a Writs of assistance, which was issued to british soldiers and officials to search houses if they thought there were smuggled goods.
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The Quartering Act violated the colonists rights in at least twenty areas. The colonist were forced to house British officials and took away right to trial by jury.
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What were general search warrants which authorized british officials to shearch colonists homes
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Samuel Adams, a leader of the Sons of Liberty, burned stamped documents and tarred and feathered British officials.
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Well the british are !@##$%^@#$%@#$%^
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