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    their children will have to suffer the consequences. On November 20, 1776, the American forces retreated from Fort Lee because the colonist were struggling to fight against the British. After the American forces retreated, Paine, a political activist and governor of Virginia, wrote a series of sixteen pamphlets called The American Crisis to lift the colonist's sagging spirits due to the devastating loss. In The Crisis No. 1, Paine implements language, a hopeful tone, and diction, to convey his purpose

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    continental army and while he was on the journey he started writing a series of sixteen pamphlets called “The American Crisis.” The first one of these pamphlets was read to Washington’s troops, which encouraged them to not give up it helped them fight stronger. Thomas Paine uses pathos to persuade the soldiers and colonist to go to war. Thomas Paine uses pathos in his essay “The Crisis No. 1” when he says “God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly

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    In The American Crisis, No. 1, Thomas Paine, a revolutionary writer determined to move Patriots to action against the British, encouraged, in the midst of the War for Independence, where hope seemed scarce, hopeless and weary colonists and soldiers to not only persevere, but to flourish during that trying time. Using various strategies such as intimidation and persuasion, Paine deeply desired to awaken Patriotism and almost a determined anger in the colonists through his essay. Paine, throughout

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    experience the perils of the Revolutionary War. They had lost New York City to British troops in August, and 11,000 American volunteers had given up the fight to return home to their families between September and December. Morale is low, and the service contracts of George Washington’s troops are about to expire on December 31 (history.com, par. 1). Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, The American Crisis, puts some fuel back in the fight. Paine’s use of rhetorical devices helps him achieve his purpose of encouraging

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    titled The American Crisis. In it Paine uses numerous rhetorical strategies to persuade the American colonists to secede from Great Britain. Through his use of ethos and logos Paine is able to connect with his audience emotionally and logically. He also calls on their patriotism and belief in God to commit his audience to his cause. His work addresses the concerns he has about the oppressive British Empire controlling the colonies. Paine’s article is appropriately titled The American Crisis. Therefore

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    The Central American crisis. The Central American crisis began in the late 1970s, when major civil wars and pro-communist revolutions erupted in various countries in Central America, resulting in it becoming the number one region among foreign policy hot spots in the 1980s. In particular, the United States feared that victory by communist forces would threaten the Panama Canal and would isolate the rest of South America from the United States if the countries of Central America were to be installed

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    energy consumption. Additionally, they analyzed how China’s educational accomplishment, industrial mastery, and technological attainment remind them when America was in that position. Again, they explained how the crisis of American political system and the grinding down of the vital American ideals or morals have made it difficult for America to carry out the actions they urgently needs. Nevertheless, the authors expressed the opinion that, it all America irrespective the class one belong can move

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    The refugee crisis has served not only to create a massive humanitarian dilemma, but also to shift the political sphere of the European Union and the United States. The influx of immigrants has placed Europe under massive strain, and Germany is unable to sustain the number of refugees that it has been accepting. The United States is Europe's greatest ally, and has come to the aid of Europe before; “[i]n 1947, America came to the aid of a devastated Europe with the Marshall Plan. The current refugee

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    American Refugee Crisis

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    The talk about the refugee crisis had three speakers and a short Question and Answer at the end. The first speaker briefly explained the status of the European refugee crisis and addressed the issue that U.S. policy has an effect (directly or indirectly) on the European refugee crisis. Currently, there are 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon and 2.5 million in Turkey. The conditions in Lebanon and Turkey are often not permanent solutions for refugees because it is too expensive for low-income

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    The American Crisis is a pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. Often known as The American Crisis or simply The Crisis, there are 16 pamphlets in total. Thirteen numbered pamphlets were published between 1776 and 1777, with three additional pamphlets released between 1777 and 1783. The first of the pamphlets were published in Pennsylvania Journal. Paine signed the pamphlets with the

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