THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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They allowed colonial governors and legislatures to communicate with each other quickly in order to avert crises following the passage of new laws.
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They presented an alternative to violent resistance to the laws so that colonists could claim the moral advantage in their disputes with Britain.
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They controlled the newspapers and therefore how acts of resistance and the British response to such acts were reported to the public.
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They organized many colonists who were unhappy with the political situation into more effective groups of resistance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The committees of correspondence functioned mainly as a means of spreading news and information about the Patriot cause and mobilizing opposition to British policies in cities, towns and rural communities throughout the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The committees of correspondence helped the colonial leaders and assemblies communicate with Parliament about the colonists’ rights. The committees of correspondence helped spread the rebellion by facilitating the exchange of ideas and information within and across colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -They wanted the committee to discuss possible forms of resistance with the other colonial legislatures. They also wanted to open a permanent network of communication between the colonies, so that they could respond collectively to any future imperial incursions on the rights and liberties of American colonists.
Detailed explanation-5: -The three main goals of the committees were to establish a system of communication with other assemblies in the other colonies, educate the townspeople on their political rights, and obviously, rally support to the cause of American independence against British rule.