Question

Even before the American Revolution, the press was crucial because

Answer 1

Options:
It allowed British officials to distribute new laws and decrees.
It was the only way to share news throughout the 13 colonies.
It brought a few minutes of happiness to the colonists, who were under a lot of stress every day.
It gave jobs to the journalists, newspaper workers, and newspaper delivery men, when jobs were in short supply

Answer 2

oki well lets eliminate the first and third option, and then we have the second and last, the second one says that newspapers where the only way to share news within the colonies which is wrong people could send letters and other stuff of the sort, so that leaves the last one as the correct answer

Answer 3

Why can we eliminate those options? You can't just eliminate options with no explanation.