In 1868 this committee of representatives prosecuted President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial but the Senate did not convict him The Albany Congress of 1754 was a conference attended by seven colonies which presaged later efforts at cooperation the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 included representatives from nine colonies. .
Washington D.C. Business Directory In 1772 it became known that the Crown intended to pay fixed salaries to the governors and judges in Massachusetts which had been paid by local authorities This would reduce the influence of colonial representatives over their government Samuel Adams in Boston set about creating new Committees of Correspondence which linked Patriots in all 13 colonies and eventually provided the framework for a rebel government Virginia the largest colony set up its Committee of Correspondence in early 1773 on which Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson served. .
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