Exit The author's main purpose in The Crisis, No. 1 is to make a A. demand for freedom from England. B. patriotic call to duty and action. C. call for peace and prosperity. D. plea for arms and soldiers.
The author's main purpose in The Crisis, No. 1 is to make a patriotic call to duty and action (option B) He is trying to persuade soldiers to keep on fighting for their freedom and people to support the war. Paine (the author) believed that American tried to avoid the war and that soldiers were coward because some of them ran away when things got complicated.
