Committees of correspondence

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/committees-of-correspondence

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the instrumental role?Crucial in organizing and facilitating the First Continental Congress in 1774
2. Why did Samuel Adams start a committee in Boston?He saw that each colony was acting alone and wanted a united way to talk about British rules. By starting a committee, he could share information quickly with other colonies.
3. How did the committees help people feel like one group?They sent letters that told everyone about British acts and how other colonies felt. This made people feel they were all part of the same team fighting for fairness.

Intercolonial: Involving or connecting two or more colonies.
Grievances: Complaints or resentments about perceived unfair treatment.
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts): A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.