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Thomas Paine's The American Crisis: The Words That Helped Save the American Revolution | Dave Does History
“These are the times that try men's souls.”
In December 1776, the American Revolution was on the verge of collapse. George Washington's Continental Army had been driven from New York, British forces dominated New Jersey, enlistments were expiring, and Americans were beginning to question whether independence had been a terrible mistake.
Then Thomas Paine picked up his pen.
His extraordinary essay, The American Crisis, challenged a discouraged nation to confront the true cost of liberty…
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