Which best explains a purpose of the Fourth Amendment? to keep the government from abusing its authority to prove to citizens that the government would be tough on criminals to enable the government to find ways to assert its authority to show leniency to people who are accused of crimes

the stamp act was passed by the british parliament on march 22, 1765. the new tax was imposed on all american colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.