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Match the quote from each amendment to the past problem it was made to fix.



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Third Amendment: "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner"
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First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of...the press"
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Sixth Amendment: "the accused shall [have their trial in] the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law"
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Fourth Amendment: "no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"
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Answer 1

Third Amendment: Response — The British Quartering Acts that forced colonists to house and feed soldiers.

First Amendment: Response — Government censorship and licensing/suppression of the press (punishing critics of the Crown).

Sixth Amendment: Response — Colonists being tried far from home (transported to England or tried in admiralty courts without jury); denial of local jury trial and district trial.

Fourth Amendment: Response — General warrants/writs of assistance allowing arbitrary searches and seizures by British officials.