News about the War
Getting news about events that were happening was important to the Patriots
Each town set up riders who carried the news via horseback, until all the colonies heard the news
John Quincy Adams was only 9 years old when he got to be a messenger
Newspapers were printed in Boston and South Carolina. Newspapers in New York had a Loyalist point of view
In small towns there was a young boy called the Town crier who shared the news aloud
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense which helped spread the word about freedom