Fort Union officers were allowed to , to help maintain their status. a.
accept extra jobs for extra money
b.
gamble in Santa Fe
c.
raise farm animals such as chickens, pigs, and milk cows
d.
wear fancy clothes rather than uniforms

accept extra jobs for extra money

Explanation:

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.

they usually pass federal laws

and sometimes in the elections of the president