What influenced the japanese belief that merchants did not contribute much to society? the european system was based on a lord and vassal relation. warfare was common and prevented unification in europe. different estates sent warriors to fight religious wars in europe. the european estates were centered around a castle

nothing did. japan is wierd and always was.

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.