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The American Crisis

Author
Thomas Paine
Series
Ideas for Life
Language
English
Length
190 pages
ISBN
9781910660942
Published
15 March 2015
Imprint
The Big Nest
  • Thomas Paine
  • Rights
  • American Revolution
  • democracy
  • political
  • philosophy
  • liberal
  • American history
  • British history

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The American Crisis was written as series of pamphlets during the American Revolution period, when colonists needed inspiring works. They were written in a language that the common man could understand, and represented Paine's liberal philosophy. Paine's writings bolstered the morale of the American colonists, appealed to the English people's consideration of the war with America, clarified the issues at stake in the war, and denounced the advocates of a negotiated peace.

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Thomas Paine (1737–1809) had the rare gift of making radical ideas feel like common sense. Common Sense helped turn colonial grievance into a republic; The Rights of Man carried that fire back across the Atlantic; later The Age of Reason scandalised the pious without losing his faith in human dignity. Paine wrote for taverns and barracks, not for salons — short sentences, large claims, a nerve that still startles.

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