After reading "The Crisis, No. 1," what do you think Paine means by the line, "These are the times that try men's souls"? Cite evidence from the text to support your analysis.

When Paine says that, he means that the british, who were going to invade America, were living at a time that was forcing them to show their true characters. In every part of Crisis No 1 Paine is talking about britain as the ones who enslave america with sentences like: What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value," He contradicts the capability of britain to conquer America by saying that the powr to subdue belongs "only to God". He encourages to be bold and not coward by saying: the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. stating like this that the british will have no easy enemy to defeat