<span>Sam Adams started the "Committee of Correspondence" so that the colonists in various colonies could communicate with each other, since it was clear that the colonies would need to work together. </span>
Nativism contributed to the Act as the Chinese were considered a threat to the economic well-being of the natives. The Chinese were stereotyped as degraded, dangerous, and competitors for jobs and wages. The passage of the act characterized the outcome of years of racial hostility
