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Who let officials enter any building to look for smuggled goods?
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What permitted the British officers to enter colonists homes and search for smuggled goods?
Writs of Assistance
What are wrist of assistance in french Indian war?
Writs of assistance - Warrants with which British customs officials had invaded private homes to search for smuggled goods.
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.
What did the colonies do to get the manufactured goods they wanted?
They smuggled them in from other countries
What gave british soldiers the right to search colonist homes and business for smuggled goods?
The existing legislation
What did writs of assistance allow british officials and soldiers to do?
the officials searched fo smuggled goods
What was a legal document that allowed officials to search any building or ship for smuggled goods writs of assistance or charter of 1606 or enumerated articles or mayflower compact?
Writs of assistance were legal documents that allowed British officials to search any building for smuggled goods without needing a specific warrant. They were used in the American colonies in the 18th century and were highly controversial as they were seen as violating individual rights to privacy.
What permitted the British officers to enter colonists homes and search for smuggled goods?
Writs of Assistance
Warrants permitting the british to search colonial homes for smuggled goods?
In Britain officers employed to search for smuggled goods were known as excisemen.
What are wrist of assistance in french Indian war?
Writs of assistance - Warrants with which British customs officials had invaded private homes to search 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.
Legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods were called what?
Writs of Assistance
Why did George Grenville allow customs officers to obtain general writs of assistance?
He allowed them to obtain general writs of assistance so that they could be allowed to enter any location to search for smuggled goods. (The 'writs of assistance' was legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.)
What do you call smuggled goods?
Illegal
What are smuggled goods called?
There are various terms that could be used to describe goods that have been smuggled. For example, it could be called contraband.
Why did the colonies think the writs of assistance violated their rights?
Because it allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
What were written statements giving government officials the legal right to search for smuggled goods in the homes and businesses of the American colonists?
the Coercive Acts or called by the colonists the Intolerable Acts
