60-Second Civics: Episode 5130, The Problem with General Warrants: The Right to Privacy, Part 2
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General warrants allowed British officials to search people, businesses, homes, and property indiscriminately. British officials in the American colonies used such warrants to collect taxes, to recover stolen goods including -- enslaved people -- and to prosecute smugglers.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 5130, The Problem with General Warrants: The Right to Privacy, Part 2