1 mar 1773 año - Committees of Correspondence

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Shadow governments organized by Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies just before the American Revolution; coordinated responses to England and shared plans with each other; by 1773 they had superseded colonial legislature and royal officials; Maryland's Committee of Correspondence was critical in setting up the First Continental Congress; spread colonial interpretation of British actions between colonies and foreign governments; rallied opposition on common causes and established plans for collective action

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