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en-wikipedia-org-1246		The American Crisis - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2193	193	75	The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution.[1] Thirteen numbered pamphlets were published between 1776 and 1777, with three additional pamphlets released between 1777 and 1783.[2] The first of the pamphlets was published in The Pennsylvania Journal on December 19, 1776.[3] Paine signed the pamphlets with the pseudonym, "Common Sense". Washington's troops were ready to quit until ordered by Washington to be read aloud Paine's Crisis paper and heard the first sentence, "These are the times that try men's souls."[4] The pamphlet, read aloud to the Continental Army on December 23, 1776, three days before the Battle of Trenton, attempted to bolster morale and resistance among patriots, as well as shame neutrals and loyalists to support the cause: "Thomas Paine publishes American Crisis Dec 19, 1776 HISTORY.com". "Thomas Paine's CRISIS 1 and the Comfort of Time".	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1246.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1246.txt