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Warrants permitting the british to search colonial homes for smuggled goods?
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In Britain officers employed to search for smuggled goods were known as excisemen.
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Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search?
Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search homes for smuggled goods.
Who was Minweweh?
he was colonial leader in the British times
What was the purpose of writs of assistance?
A writ of assistance is an order instructing law enforcement to perform a certain task. It commonly is used to enforce an order for the possession of lands or property. They were originally authorized by the British Exchequer in 1660 to that customs agents could search for smuggled items.
Which five major colonial cities were occupied by the british?
No
What colonial American were?
Colonial American were what people be lived in America colonial style. They ruled by the mean British and fed up with the King. Formed America.
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.
During the colonial period who did the British issue writs of assistance to?
authorize non-specific searches of general locations to find smuggled goods
What was a general and unrestricted search warrant often used without cause by the British in Colonial days?
What were general search warrants which authorized british officials to shearch colonists homes
Search warrants that allowed british soldiers to enter homes?
British soldiers were given writs of assistance that allowed them to conduct searches. This angered many colonists who argued the writs violated their rights.
Who was the englishman that smuggled British machine ideas out of the country?
Samuel Slater
What year did British decree forbid Canada from permitting Americans to settle in the British colony?
1815
What were general search warrants used by the british called?
I am pretty sure that it is the Writ of Assistance.
Wrists of assistance enabled british customs officers to search?
Homes for smuggled goods
Do you capitalize British colonial policy?
Yes, "British colonial policy" should be capitalized because it is a proper noun referring to a specific policy enacted by the British government during its colonial period.
What was the british actions to the sugar act?
colonial merchants often traded in smuggled goods, reacted with anger.
What were the warrants called that the british used to find smugglers?
Writs of assistance
What did writs of assistance allow british officials and soldiers to do?
the officials searched fo smuggled goods
