Why did martin luther’s ideas gain widespread support in northern europe in the 16th century?

Many people sincerely thought that Martin Luther's ideas and Lutheranism were the best ways to reform for church corruption. However, there were also people who supported him only because they wanted to gain control of valuable church property.

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.