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During the American Revolution, Writs of Assistance gave British officials the right to enter and confiscate anything the owner could not prove was not smuggled. True or false

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It is true, that during the American Revolution, Writs of Assistance gave British officials the right to enter and confiscate anything the owner could not prove was his.  
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