"transportation being a means of exchange and public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people" which group showed the greatest support for this idea? a. western farmers b. union leaders c. factory owners d. railroad owners

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. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.

answer: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

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