Question

Which of the following best describes the Committees of Correspondence? A. groups who wrote letters to the British government asking to decrease taxes on the colonies B. committees in the British government who supported independence for the American colonies C. small meetings of people who secretly planned the first battles of the American Revolution D. communications between the thirteen colonies that helped unite people against the British

Answer 1

Answer:

Many colonists felt that they should not pay these taxes, because they were passed in England by Parliament, not by their own colonial governments. They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens. The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.

Answer 2

Answer:

communications between the thirteen colonies that helped unite people against the British

Explanation:

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