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The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, [ 1] is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. [ 2] Thirteen numbered pamphlets were published between 1776 and 1777, with three additional pamphlets released between 1777 and 1783 ...
Thomas Paine's polemical pamphlet Common Sense (1776) has been described as the most influential political pamphlet of the 18th century, affecting both the American and French revolutions. [3]
e. Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; [ 1] February 9, 1737 [ O.S. January 29, 1736] [ Note 1] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, and political philosopher. [ 2][ 3] He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start ...
Agrarian Justice. Agrarian Justice is the title of a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and published in 1797, which proposed that those who possess cultivated land owe the community a ground rent, which justifies an estate tax to fund universal old-age and disability pensions and a fixed sum to be paid to all citizens upon reaching maturity. It ...
In 1776, George Washington read Paine's words, from a pamphlet called "The American Crisis," to his troops before a major victory in Trenton, New Jersey. Story continues after gallery.
The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of deism. It follows in the tradition of 18th-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible.
Support for independence grew steadily in 1776, especially after the publication of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense in January of that year. In the Second Continental Congress, the movement towards independence was guided principally by an informal alliance of delegates eventually known as the "Adams-Lee Junto", after Samuel Adams and John ...
Thomas Paine's 1776 work, Common Sense, outlined moral and political arguments and is considered "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era", and was printed by Robert Bell. [157]