Thomas Paine And The American Revolution

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” Thomas Paine said during the American Revolution. The American revolution was thought to be a hopeless battle. America was out numbered, out gunned and out resourced. Yet America was able to beat the British because of many heroes and leaders. Three such people were George Washington,Thomas Paine, and Nancy Hart. George Washington proved that he was a leader at the Battle of Trenton on December 25th, 1776 in Trenton, New Jersey (Phillips 108). Washington watched for the opportunity to attack the Hessians when he knew they would not be prepared. He knew that they were huge on celebrating Christmas, so he attacked them on Christmas morning (Lass, George Washington’s Mount Vernon). Almost

Thomas Paine wrote 2 important pieces that changed the course of the war. The first was a pamphlet to encourage people to join the revolution and fight for independence. This pamphlet titled Common sense sold over ½ a million copies in 2 years(Phillips 60). Almost all the money that came from the sales of the pamphlet went directly to congress to support the cost of the war. Another paper written by Paine was the Crisis Papers which was written to boost the morale of Washington 's troops during the retreat of the Jersies(History.com). During such time Paine enlisted and served in the army(Thomas Paine’s Influence). This work had several instalments during the course of the war to boost moral, encourage people to join the cause, or to gain supplies. During the Revolution Thomas Paine succeeded in inspiring and motivating thousand of people to take action and join the

She single handedly killed one British soldiers and captured the remaining five (Thorton 9). Nancy was dedicated to the revolution. She would dress as a man and spy on British troops and relay her findings to the generals. On a fall evening 1778 six British soldiers invaded Nancy Hart’s home. The soldiers demanded she feed and house them, after serving the redcoats copious amounts of beer she stole one of the men 's muskets stacked in a pile in the corner of her home. She then pointed the musket at the men, standing across the room. Upon pointing the musket at the men they began to revolt. One man made a move to attempt to bring Nancy down. At that moment Nancy took a shot. The soldier dropped to the ground badly injured. After the sight of one of their men falling to the ground the remaining five men attempted to grab their guns but Nancy shot the leader in the temple, killing him. Nancy held the remaining five men until her husband arrived at home with the militia. When her husband got home, he suggested shooting the remaining men on location. Nancy did not stand for that and demanded, “They are my prisoners and I demand they be hung, shooting is too good for them”. The four redcoats were drug from her home to the Springs Gate where they were hung as Nancy sang Yankee Doodle. The men were discovered in a communal grave while digging a railroad bed in