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The British used the Writs of assistance to search wherever they pleased.
the quartering act
bill of rights
An amendment to the federal constitution..
The constitution was amended (22nd Amendment) to restrict future presidents to two terms.
the constitution was amended to the number of terms a president could be elected to office (22nd amendment) -Sb(:
Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."FEDERALISM
The Fourth Amendment was intended to prevent any actions similar to the hated British practice known as the 'writ of assistance.' It essentially amounted to general search warrants, rather than specific search warrants, that were frequently and easily abused.
First amendment
When the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution almost 50 years later, one of the main parts of the First Amendment was government protection of freedom of the press. This action had its beginnings in the case of John Peter Zenger.
A proposed amendment is at the federal level and ratifications is at state level.
the Constitution and its interpretation