The Provincial Congresses were extra-legal legislative bodies established in ten of the Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolution.
[3] Committees of correspondence were formed as shadow governments in the Thirteen colonies prior to the American Revolution.
Known as the Committees of Safety, they regulated the economy, politics, morality, and militia of their individual communities.
[5] After the British Proclamation of Rebellion and the King’s speech before Parliament (27 October 1775)[6] the colonies moved towards independence.
Committees of safety were executive bodies that governed during adjournments of, were created by, and derived their authority from provincial assemblies or congresses.