What is Thomas Paine's primary purpose in The Crisis?

to enable the colonists to justify their desire for independence

to prevent the colonists from taking themselves too seriously

to calm the excesses of patriotic spirit in the colonists

to remind the colonists that freedom is worth the cost

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Kallie Figueroa

21 July, 06:30

What is Thomas Paine's primary purpose in The Crisis?

to enable the colonists to justify their desire for independence

to prevent the colonists from taking themselves too seriously

to calm the excesses of patriotic spirit in the colonists

to remind the colonists that freedom is worth the cost

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Vanessa Farrell · Answer 1

The first choice. Thomas Paine thought it was ridiculous that a little island controlled a much bigger colony across the ocean; colonists agreed, so they used that to justify the revolution.

What is Thomas Paine's primary purpose in The Crisis?to enable the colonists to justify their desire for independenceto prevent the colonists from taking themselves too seriouslyto calm the excesses of patriotic spirit in the coloniststo remind the colonists that freedom is worth the cost

What is Thomas Paine's primary purpose in The Crisis?

to enable the colonists to justify their desire for independence

to prevent the colonists from taking themselves too seriously

to calm the excesses of patriotic spirit in the colonists

to remind the colonists that freedom is worth the cost