The cause of CFS if unknown. A large portion of cases are triggered by an infection and some by trauma. Stress is also present at the onset in almost all cases. Some people believe that CFS is caused by an agent entering the body, while others think it is due to the body's response, possibly to various agents.
The first formal committee of correspondence was established in Boston in 1764 and was charged with rallying opposition to the recently enacted Currency Act and the unpopular reforms imposed on the customs service.
The committee consisted of two New England men, John Adams of Massachusetts and Roger Sherman of Connecticut; two men from the Middle Colonies, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York; and one southerner, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.