what were the Committees of Correspondence?

Answer 1

NOT at all like Al-Queda!! They were committees formed in the colonies to keep each of the colonies what was happening in each colony. This was a communication system that allowed the southern colonies to learn about and understand the intolerant things happening in the northern colonies, especially in Boston where they were under martial law, were forced to house British troops in their homes, and were forced to pay unfair taxes. These committees were very successful, and the First Continental Congress was formed by well-informed leaders in all 13 of the colonies.

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Answer 2

Special committees of correspondence were formed by colonial assemblies and were responsible for taking the sense of their parent body on a particular issue, committing it to a written form and then dispatching that view to other similar groups. Many correspondents were members of the colonial assemblies and also were active in the secret Sons of Liberty organizations. In the early years, committees were formed to address a specific problem, then disbanded when resolution was achieved.

The first formal committee of correspondence was established in Boston in 1764 and was charged with rallying opposition to the recently enacted Currency Act.

The following year, New York took the initiative during the Stamp Act Crisis by summoning its neighbors to join in common resistance to the new taxes. Massachusetts correspondents responded by urging other colonies to send delegates to the Stamp Act Congress that fall.

In 1772, at the urging of Samuel Adams, a committee was formed to protest the recent decision to have the British, not the colonial assembly, pay the salaries of the royal governor and judges. Adams and his fellow correspondents rallied their neighbors to oppose this measure that had cost the colony its means of controlling public officials. In the following months, more than 100 other committees were formed in the towns and villages of Massachusetts.

In 1773, a correspondence committee of the House of Burgesses in Virginia wrote to the other assemblies to suggest that permanent committees be formed, a clear reflection that the crisis between mother country and colonies was deepening.

Perhaps the most important contribution provided by the committees of correspondence was the planning done for the First Continental Congress, which convened in 1774. The Second Continental Congress seized upon this successful idea and created its own correspondence committee to convey the American interpretation of events to foreign powers.

Answer 3

What Were Committees Of Correspondence

Answer 4

They were groups of patriots which existed just prior to the American Revolution who kept communications going...kind of like Al-Queda!!