The Affect Of Thomas Paine On The American Revolution

The American Revolution was very attention-grabbing to me. The American patriots and the British chose to fight for land. They really wanted to rule the New World! I couldn’t believe that the Americans was having trouble fighting that war. When Thomas Paine wrote the American Crisis book it perhaps enlightened the Americans. Barnet Schechter said “This was really the low point for the Americans, Washington’s reputation was at stake. So it was really doing or die”. I feel that it gives Washington the feeling that he had to take control and find a means to win the combat. To me when he decided to go back to New York in the blizzard I said to myself this man foolish. Outside was too cold to fight a war or even stand. Bruce Chadwick