The American Crisis is a collection of articles written by Thomas Paine during the American Revolutionary War. In 1776, Paine wrote Common Sense, an extremely popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence from England. The essays collected here constitute Paine's ongoing support for an independent and self-governing America through the many severe crises of the Revolutionary War.

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Editor’s Introduction

The Crisis I

The Crisis II: To Lord Howe

The Crisis III

The Crisis IV

The Crisis V: To Gen. Sir William Howe

The Crisis VI: To the Earl of Carlisle, General Clinton, and William Eden, Esq., British Commissioners at New York

The Crisis VII: To the People of England

The Crisis VIII: Address to the People of England

The Crisis IX

The Crisis Extraordinary

The Crisis X: On the King of England’s Speech

The Crisis XI: On the Present State of News

A Supernumerary Crisis

The Crisis XII: To the Earl of Shelburne

The Crisis XIII: Thoughts on the Peace, and Probable Advantages Thereof

The American Crisis

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