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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The American colonies’ first institution for maintaining communication with one another. They were organized in the decade before the Revolution, when the deteriorating relationship with Great Britain made it increasingly important for the colonies to share ideas and information.
A
Committee of Correspondence
B
1st Continental Congress
C
Olive Branch Petition
D
Quebec Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Committees of correspondence were emergency provisional governments set up in the 13 American colonies in response to British policies leading up to the Revolutionary War (also known as the American Revolution).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Committees of Correspondence: The Voice of the Patriots. The Committees of Correspondence were provisional Patriot emergency governments established in response to British policy on the eve of the American Revolution throughout the Thirteen Colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Committees of correspondence were longstanding institutions that became a key communications system during the early years of the American Revolution (1772-1776). Towns, counties, and colonies from Nova Scotia to Georgia had their own committees of correspondence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among the most typical modes of communication in 1770’s America were: letters, sermons, speeches and meetings, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, and magazines.

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