Use the excerpt from Richard Henry Lee’s resolution to Congress to answer the question. This statement MOST DIRECTLY caused the

A.
firing of shots at Lexington and Concord.

B.
appointing of the Committee of Five.

C.
designing of the American flag by Betty Ross.

D.
elevation of Washington to leader of the Continental Army.

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.

a. favoring native born americans over immigrants.

to reform the distraught soviet union, the democratization of the communist party was promoted through party secretary mikhail gorbachev's policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” perestroika refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the communist party.