The Fight for Freedom Thomas Paine wrote “the Crisis” because his purpose called “tens of thousands” of men to arms against Great Britain. Paine’s reasoning was because Britain was treating the American colonies like we were their slaves and telling us what to do along with taxing us. Paine was justified because we wanted independence since Britain in a way were abusing the American colonies. Paine’s reasoning was backed up by factual evidence and said things such as “These are the times that try men’s souls”, what he’s trying to say here is that these times are very rough to get through and they try men’s souls because they need mental and physical strength to survive. He talks about how “The kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified