they spoke up for the colonists about the stamp act and the Townshend acts
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The Colonial assemblies set up committees of correspondence to take notes and let others know how certain bodies felt about issues. These written notes would be passed on to others who had an interest in these thoughts to read.
In most cases they ran the day to day business of a town. The committees elected people to handle garbage pick up, collect taxes etc. As war drew near some of these committees became comittees of correspondence which kept other towns informed about the acts and movements of the British.
Colonial American were what people be lived in America colonial style. They ruled by the mean British and fed up with the King. Formed America.
Intolerable Acts by the British led colonial leaders to form the first continental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights in 1774. The congress was held as a means of protest against the British.
I am wondering the same thing and what I've gotten so far is that because of salutary neglect, citizens were able to form their own legislative assemblies and were free to make their own decisions. ------ Legislative Assemblies did not form beause of "salutary neglect." It did, however, lead to stronger Legislative Assemblies. Legislative Assemblies were formed out of the same principle of the British House of Commons. The principle of government in the House of Commons was that government should represent the people. Englishmen in the North American colonies called for the same institution in their own colony. Of course, 'the people' only refered to property holders in nearly all colonies. At various times, each colony was permitted to develop its own assembly which, in theory, was supposed to be subordinated to the executive branch, the Royal colonial governments. Through what historians call "salutary neglect," the English government did not strictly enforce laws on its North American colonies, nor did it provide back-up support to the Royal Governors. As a result, the Royal Governors' power was less than it should have been, and they had to cooperate with the assemblies. This gave the assemblies much greater power within their own colony.