This is the place where privacy in America was born. The year was 1761. The scene was Boston and a great controversy had erupted.British troops were going from home to home with only a general warrant, a generalized belief, that somewhere someone was doing something wrong— engaged in customs violations. The American colonists, for the first time, stood up to defend what they felt were their fundamental freedoms. To be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.This room was turned into a courtroom. The ...