Thomas Paine's "The American Crisis"

Thomas Paine’s “The American Crisis”
A piece of historical literature can have three different purposes: One, contributing to the development of literary history; Two, contributing to the development of a genre or style; and three, contributing to the development of a specific country’s story or telling the story of that people. Thomas Paine was one of the most persuasive and prestigous writers of the eighteenth century. Following the success of “The Common Sense”, Thomas Paine decided to write yet another pamphlet “The American Crisis” to convince all of the colonists to be support of breaking away from Britain’s stronghold over America. Through use of ethos, pathos and logos, Thomas Paine conquers the art of persuasive writing. “The Crisis: No. 1” contributed to the melting together of all colonists to unite as a nation in spirit and in thought, thus bringing about success in the Revolutionary War.
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