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Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A committee of correspondence
1. Samuel Adams worked tirelessly for one end, independence, using town meetings and newspapers.
2. In 1772 he induced the Boston town meeting to select a committee of correspondence to state colonial rights and grievances.
3. The idea spread to virtually all the colonies and grew into a base of effective revolutionary organizations.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 2 "The War of Independence"_
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