THE CRISIS #1 1776 - America in Class

MAKING THE REVOLUTION: America , 1763-1791 PRIMARY SOURCE COLLECTION These are the times that try men s souls Thomas Paine THE AMERICAN CRISIS , No. 1, 1776 Dec. 19, 1776 : Published as a pamphlet in Philadelphia. Dec. 24, 1776 : Read to Washington s troops before the crossing of the Delaware River and victory in the Battle of Trenton. * HESE are the times that try men s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this CRISIS , shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

and useful.” [Paine footnote, quoting his own essay, Common Sense, published January 1776). 2 I.e., like one suffering from a flulike fever. T New York Public Library THE CRISIS #1 1776 . National Humanities Center Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, #1, December 1776 2

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