The American Crisis

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The American Crisis is a series of pamphlets by Thomas Paine that powerfully rallied American colonists to persevere during the Revolutionary War, beginning with the famous line “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

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The American Crisis canonical 6
The American Crisis, Number I 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pamphlet series ⓘ
political pamphlet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Crisis ⓘ
associatedWith Continental Army ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
author Thomas Paine ⓘ
circulation widely read in the American colonies ⓘ
circulationForm printed pamphlet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
followedBy later Crisis papers in the same series ⓘ
genre political writing ⓘ
revolutionary literature ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American political rhetoric ⓘ
subsequent revolutionary movements ⓘ
hasPart The American Crisis, Number I ⓘ
linked to: The American Crisis

subsequent numbered Crisis pamphlets ⓘ
historicalContext American Revolutionary War ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped sustain American morale during military setbacks ⓘ
major work of Revolutionary War propaganda ⓘ
influenced American patriot cause ⓘ
public opinion in favor of independence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm essay ⓘ
mainSubject American Revolutionary War ⓘ
American independence ⓘ
patriot morale ⓘ
medium pamphlet ⓘ
movement American Enlightenment ⓘ
notableQuote These are the times that try men’s souls. ⓘ
numberOfParts 16 ⓘ
openingLine These are the times that try men’s souls. ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Philadelphia ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot ⓘ
politicalPosition republicanism ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1776–1783 ⓘ
publisher various colonial printers ⓘ
purpose to encourage perseverance in the struggle for independence ⓘ
to rally American colonists during the Revolutionary War ⓘ
setting Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
startTime 1776 ⓘ
targetAudience American colonists ⓘ
Continental Army soldiers ⓘ
theme condemnation of loyalism ⓘ
courage in adversity ⓘ
sacrifice for liberty ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Paine → notableWork → The American Crisis ⓘ
Thomas Paine → wrote → The American Crisis ⓘ
The Liberty Tree → relatedWorkByAuthor → The American Crisis ⓘ
The American Crisis → hasPart → The American Crisis, Number I ⓘ
linked to: The American Crisis
Thomas Paine → notableWork → The American Crisis ⓘ
subject linked to: Paine
Thomas Paine → notableWork → The American Crisis ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Thomas Paine → wrote → The American Crisis ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas