Roosevelt assumed office and began building the U. S's naval force. Even though some people opposed, he made it apparent that he wanted to be a military power and was famous for his quote,
"Speak softly and carry a big stick." What does he mean by this quote and what does it relate to?

i belive the classic sword and a shield would do

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.