Question

All of the following are true statements about the committees of correspondence, EXCEPT:A.They were formed by the Sons of Liberty.B.The committee leaders were eventually arrested by the British government for treason.C.They began in Boston, but spread to the other colonies.D.They rallied opposition to British government taxation and reforms.

Answer 1

i believe the answer is .B.The committee leaders were eventually arrested by the British government for treason.
Following the opposing actions by the committee leaders, the British Government indeed spew out several threats to arrest the committee leaders. But in the end, they do not have enough ground for actions and no arrest was made.

Answer 2

B. The committee leaders were never formally captured and in fact acted as a shadow government prior to the revolution, forming the backbone to much of the independence movement.