The colonists objected the writs of assistance because it allowed officials to get warrants to break into the work places of merchants. Often merchant's workplaces where their homes, and their homes would be destroyed by the officers. They were searching for smuggled goods like sugar or cotton. The officers didn't need to state what they were searching for or where they where searching, but only that they the merchant was suspicious, and they could get a warrant.
Regrettably, we see much the same thing today, with the AWFUL and unconstitutional "warrantless searches" in recent wars: VERY WORRISOME.
James Otis opposed the writs of assistance.
No the townshend act did not give writs of assistance. The act legalized search warrants, and the rights of people were fringed upon.
1767
the felt scared
Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search homes for smuggled goods.
to be secure in their home.
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James Otis opposed the writs of assistance.
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.
was a law
It's the Writs Of Assistance that allowed the British to search homes. =) This was on my History Test!
Writs of Assistance.
answer it ...
Writs of Assistance were passed to empower British soldiers to search any colonial home they believed harbored smuggled goods. Writs of Assistance enhanced the Townshend Acts. The Writs of Assistance aroused a lot of anger and were challenged in every court in the thirteen colonies.
John Adams
1767
1761-1763