How did the british react to the committees of correspondence?

Oh, dude, the British totally freaked out about those committees of correspondence. They were like, "Whoa, these colonists are getting organized and sharing information, not cool, man." So, the British tried to shut them down and tighten their grip on the colonies, but we all know how that turned out in the end, right? Like, spoiler alert: it didn't go so well for them.