Committees of correspondence in the colonies during the 1760s:

a. sought to unite various amateur science clubs, most notably franklin's junto, together with other such colonial organizations.

b. were a group of colonial elites who exchanged ideas and information about resistance to the sugar, currency, and stamp acts.

c. wrote king george repeatedly about the importance of rescinding letters of marque, which licensed individuals to seize property.

d. were groups of women, well known for their letter-writing skills, who sought to promote mary wolstonecraft's ideas.

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Arielle Schroeder

7 July, 02:38

Committees of correspondence in the colonies during the 1760s:

a. sought to unite various amateur science clubs, most notably franklin's junto, together with other such colonial organizations.

b. were a group of colonial elites who exchanged ideas and information about resistance to the sugar, currency, and stamp acts.

c. wrote king george repeatedly about the importance of rescinding letters of marque, which licensed individuals to seize property.

d. were groups of women, well known for their letter-writing skills, who sought to promote mary wolstonecraft's ideas.

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B. Were a group of colonial elites who exchanged ideas and information about resistance to the sugar, currency, and stamp acts.

During the 1760s the Committees of Correspondence were made up of important and influential colonists spread across all thirteen colonies who worked together in their grievances against England. Members shared information about government and leadership in the colonies as well as coordinated responses to England regarding the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and other grievances among the colonies.