The Revenue Act 1767 - 2nd Townshend Act
06/26/1767 AD decreed
Places taxes on glass, lead, painters' colors, and paper, and gives customs officials broad authority to enforce the taxes and punish smugglers through the use of "writs of assistance", general warrants that could be used to search private property for smuggled goods.
There was an angry response from colonists, who deemed the taxes a threat to their rights as British subjects. The use of writs of assistance was significantly controversial, since the right to be secure in one's private property was an established right in Britain.
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George III of the United Kingdom (George William Frederick) King of the United Kingd...
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