Why did england believe the colonists had to be responsible british citizens when they were an ocean apart?

"tear down this wall! " is a line from a speech made by u.s. president ronald reagan in west berlin on friday, june 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided west and east berlin since 1961.

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.