News During the French and Indian War

Newspaper coverage was essential to the unification of the thirteen colonies. The main focus of this intercolonial communication was, of course, the French and Indian War. Newspapers were a way for everyone to know what was going on everywhere, be it in the North or South, East or West. This knowledge of what was going on in the surrounding colonies brought a sense of community that would tie together the people that would soon create the United States of America.
Newspapers provided a common enemy, a common world, and through this, a common nation. The realization that every colony was fighting France and the Native Americans turned into a realization that every colony had some common ground. Through this the colonists were able to see a reason to work together, and eventually they were able to come together into the one nation that we now know as America.