2 h 38 m, 12 oct 1763 año - 1763 Writs of Assistance: These documents served as a general search warrant to search ships and houses for any smuggled goods. Smuggling had become an honorable job in the colonies, because trade was retricted to only Britain. Smuggling allowed the colonies to get goods from non-British countries for lower pirces, but now smugglers could be easily caught. -Defeat for the colonists