Thomas Paine's "The American Crisis" was read aloud to the Continental Army on 23 December, 1776, three days before the battle of Trenton. The reason was to raise the Patriots' spirits and strength, as well as humiliate neutrals and loyalists to the cause. In fact, General George Washington found the first essay so impassioned that he also ordered that it be read to the soldiers at Valley Forge.
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