They placed a price control on petroleum companies because the oil crisis was getting out of hand. There was an embargo on countries that produced oil and on oil trading and prices were skyrocketing, going up from 3$ per barrel to a 12$ per barrel, and even more in many countries. Without the price regulations the prices could go even higher and the oil industry could collapse because people wouldn't buy oil.
Hello. The correct question is:
16. Committees of Correspondence in the colonies during the 1760s:
a. were groups of women, well known for their letter-writing skills, who sought to promote Mary Wollstonecraft's ideas.
b. wrote King George repeatedly about the importance of rescinding letters of marque, which licensed individuals to seize property.
c. were a group of colonial elites who exchanged ideas and information about resistance to the Sugar, Currency, and Stamp Acts.
d. sought to unite various amateur science clubs, most notably Franklin's Junto, together with other such colonial organizations.
Answer:
were a group of colonial elites who exchanged ideas and information about resistance to the Sugar, Currency, and Stamp Acts.
Explanation:
The correspondence committees that were established during colonial America were created by Samueal Adams to establish communication between all the leaders of the thirteen colonies who believed that it was possible to break ties with England and form an independent country. These committees were formed by a group of intellectuals and men with socially prominent positions, who made up the elites of each colony. They exchanged ideas about the resistance of Sugar, Currency, and Stamp Acts.
