Committees of correspondence
The committees of correspondence were a collection of American political organizations that sought to coordinate opposition to the British Parliament and, later, support for American independence during the American Revolution.
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Committees of correspondence: Samuel Adams
The brainchild of Samuel Adams, a Patriot from Boston, the committees sought to establish, through the writing of letters, an underground network of communication among Patriot leaders in the Thirteen Colonies.
Committees of correspondence: The Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act of 1773 coerced the Boston Harbor insurrection reciprocating the Parliament of Great Britain to impose authoritarian hardship reforms through British absolutism endured by the Massachusetts colonists.