Who established the first committee of correspondence in Boston in 1772 and why?

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<span>The Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the Revolutionary War. In 1764, Boston formed the earliest Committee of Correspondence to encourage opposition to Britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of American paper money.

It was established by Samuel Adams and James Warren.</span>

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