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Crisis, the A series of fourteen patriotic papers by Thomas Paine (q. v.) during the Revolution, extending from 1775 to 1783. The first, in reply to General Gage's proclamation, is dated Aug. 9, 1775; the second, written just after Congress left Philadelphia, fearing its capture by the British, to meet at Baltimore, is dated Dec. 19, 1776. It begins with the well-known words, These are the times that try men's souls. The third is dated January, 1777; most, if not all, were published in Philadelphia.
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on assembles at Philadelphia and assumes the government of Pennsylvania......July 15, 1776 Franklin, one of the three commissioners sent to France, sails for that country......October, 1776 Cornwallis pursues Washington through New Jersey into Pennsylvania......December, 1776 Endangered by the approach of the British, Congress, at Philadelphia, adjourns to meet again at Baltimore......Dec. 12, 1776 The crisis, a patriotic pamphlet by Thomas Paine, appears in Philadelphia......Dec. 19, 1776 State government organized, with Thomas Wharton, Jr., as president......March 4, 1777 British fleet enters Delaware Bay......July, 1777 Washington and Lafayette first meet in Philadelphia......August, 1777 Battle of Brandywine......Sept. 11, 1777 Congress adjourns to Lancaster......Sept. 18, 1777 Massacre of Wayne's troops at Paoli......Sept. 21, 1777 State government removes to Lancaster......Sept. 24, 1777 Howe with the British army occupies Philadelphia......Se