Committees of Correspondence

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colonial American institution political organization network revolutionary organization

The Committees of Correspondence were colonial American networks of local groups that coordinated resistance to British policies and helped lay the groundwork for organized Patriot action during the American Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Massachusetts Circular Letter	1
Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American institution ⓘ political organization network ⓘ revolutionary organization ⓘ
composedOf	colonial leaders ⓘ local activists ⓘ members of colonial assemblies ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
describedAs	network of local committees ⓘ shadow government structure in the colonies ⓘ
dissolved	late 1770s ⓘ
followedBy	First Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Continental Congress state legislatures of the United States ⓘ
hasEffect	contributed to formation of Continental Congress ⓘ helped lay groundwork for American Revolution ⓘ spread Patriot ideology ⓘ strengthened intercolonial unity ⓘ
hasPart	Boston Committee of Correspondence ⓘ New York Committee of Correspondence ⓘ Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence ⓘ Virginia Committee of Correspondence ⓘ local town committees ⓘ
hasPurpose	coordinate colonial resistance to British policies ⓘ facilitate intercolonial communication ⓘ mobilize public opinion against British rule ⓘ organize Patriot political action ⓘ share information about British measures and colonial responses ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ
inception	1764 ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ New England ⓘ New York Colony ⓘ Colony of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Colony Southern Colonies ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia Colony
notableMember	Patrick Henry ⓘ Richard Henry Lee ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
opposedTo	British imperial policy ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ Tea Act ⓘ Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ surface form: Townshend Acts
partOf	American Revolution political organization ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ surface form: Patriot
significantEvent	formation of Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772 ⓘ
usedMedium	circular letters ⓘ letters ⓘ newspapers ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Townshend Acts era → hasKeyEvent → Committees of Correspondence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768

Patriots → hasPart → Committees of Correspondence ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → influenced → Committees of Correspondence ⓘ

Samuel Adams → notableWork → Committees of Correspondence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Circular Letter

Patriot (American Revolution) → supportedBy → Committees of Correspondence ⓘ