<P> In Massachusetts , in November 1772 , Samuel Adams and Dr. Joseph Warren formed a committee in response to the Gaspée Affair and in relation to the recent British decision to have the salaries of the royal governor and judges be paid by the Crown rather than the colonial assembly , which removed the colony of its means of holding public officials accountable to their constituents . In the following months , more than one hundred other committees were formed in the towns and villages of Massachusetts . The Massachusetts committee had its headquarters in Boston and under the leadership of Adams became a model for other Patriot groups . The meeting when establishing the committee gave it the task of stating `` the rights of the colonists , and of this province in particular , as men , as Christians , and as subjects ; to communicate and publish the same to the several towns in this province and to the world as the sense of this town . '' </P>
<P> In Massachusetts , in November 1772 , Samuel Adams and Dr. Joseph Warren formed a committee in response to the Gaspée Affair and in relation to the recent British decision to have the salaries of the royal governor and judges be paid by the Crown rather than the colonial assembly , which removed the colony of its means of holding public officials accountable to their constituents . In the following months , more than one hundred other committees were formed in the towns and villages of Massachusetts . The Massachusetts committee had its headquarters in Boston and under the leadership of Adams became a model for other Patriot groups . The meeting when establishing the committee gave it the task of stating `` the rights of the colonists , and of this province in particular , as men , as Christians , and as subjects ; to communicate and publish the same to the several towns in this province and to the world as the sense of this town . '' </P>
who established the first committee of correspondence in boston in 1772 and why
who established the first committee of correspondence in boston in 1772 and why
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams