The American Crisis

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The American Crisis is a series of pamphlets by Thomas Paine that powerfully rallied American colonists to persevere during the Revolutionary War, beginning with the famous line “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

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The American Crisis canonical 6
The American Crisis, Number I 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pamphlet series
political pamphlet
alsoKnownAs The Crisis
associatedWith Continental Army
George Washington
author Thomas Paine
circulation widely read in the American colonies
circulationForm printed pamphlet
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy later Crisis papers in the same series
genre political writing
revolutionary literature
hasInfluenceOn American political rhetoric
subsequent revolutionary movements
hasPart The American Crisis self-linksurface differs
surface form: The American Crisis, Number I

subsequent numbered Crisis pamphlets
historicalContext American Revolutionary War
historicalSignificance helped sustain American morale during military setbacks
major work of Revolutionary War propaganda
influenced American patriot cause
public opinion in favor of independence
language English
literaryForm essay
mainSubject American Revolutionary War
American independence
patriot morale
medium pamphlet
movement American Enlightenment
notableQuote These are the times that try men’s souls.
numberOfParts 16
openingLine These are the times that try men’s souls.
placeOfFirstPublication Philadelphia
politicalAlignment Patriot
politicalPosition republicanism
publicationPeriod 1776–1783
publisher various colonial printers
purpose to encourage perseverance in the struggle for independence
to rally American colonists during the Revolutionary War
setting Thirteen Colonies
startTime 1776
targetAudience American colonists
Continental Army soldiers
theme condemnation of loyalism
courage in adversity
sacrifice for liberty
timePeriod 18th century

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Thomas Paine notableWork The American Crisis
Thomas Paine wrote The American Crisis
poem "The Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine relatedWorkByAuthor The American Crisis
subject surface form: The Liberty Tree
The American Crisis hasPart The American Crisis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The American Crisis, Number I
Paine notableWork The American Crisis
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
Thomas notableWork The American Crisis
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
Thomas wrote The American Crisis
subject surface form: Thomas Paine