What were Thomas Paine's reasons for writing The American Crisis in December, 1776? What areas did it impact during the revolution, and how well was it received in the colonies?

Thomas Paine wrote a series of essays, or pamphlets, and began publishing them in 1776. This pamphlet series was known as The American Crisis. Thomas Paine, a politician and scholar, knew that the colonists would not support the American Revolutionary War without a strong reason. Therefore, Paine wrote The American Crisis in a language that any colonist could easily understand. The essays were written to build morale in the small patriot army as well as to encourage other colonists to join the patriots. The Independence Hall Association writes, “He [Thomas Paine] communicated the ideas of the Revolution to common farmers as easily as to intellectuals, creating prose that stirred the hearts of the fledgling United States” (US History). He was able to convince common colonists to support his liberal viewpoints and fight for in the American Revolutionary War.
Within the pamphlets, Paine mentions God and the tyranny of Britain. He suggests that Britain’s monarchy rules with power that belongs only to God. In his own words he states, “for so unlimited a power can belong only to God” (Cairns p. 348).
Thomas Paine’s writing made such an impact with the colonists that many historians credit his writing as “a powerful influence in bringing about the Declaration of Independence” (Cairns p. 343).
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