Committee of correspondence
the Committees of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. They coordinated responses to England and shared their plans; by 1774 they had emerged as shadow governments, superseding the colonial legislature and royal officials. The Committee of Correspondence was instrumental in setting up the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia. These served an important role in the Revolution, by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments. The committees of correspondence rallied opposition on common causes and established plans for collective action, and so the group of committees was the beginning of what later became a formal
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Committee of correspondence
the Committees of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. They coordinated responses to England and shared their plans; by 1774 they had emerged as shadow governments, superseding the colonial legislature and royal officials. The Committee of Correspondence was instrumental in setting up the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia. These served an important role in the Revolution, by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments. The committees of correspondence rallied opposition on common causes and established plans for collective action, and so the group of committees was the beginning of what later became a formal
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Le committee of correspondence ...... ires des services des douanes.
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the Committees of Corresponden ...... ration of colonial government.
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Le committee of correspondence ...... e formelle entre les colonies.
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the Committees of Corresponden ...... of what later became a formal
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