Due to the amount of taxes Britain imposed on the colonists, the majority were unwilling to speak out. His pamphlet was published and sold around 120,000 copies and the numbers reached millions, but he never profited from his sales, he remained poor and continued to write for what he believed in. The pamphlet became important because of its content; independence from Great Britain. The series of taxes during the 1760s created stress for the colonists over time and eventually led to rebellion and revolt. The significance of the events led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the pamphlet played an important role in establishing and emphasizing that the colonists should be independent. “Crisis” was another work by Paine with love and motivation for the soldiers during this difficult time. A reader might infer from Paine's work that he used his pamphlets as a motivational tool to help the settlers. This pamphlet was important because of the role it played during the settlers' struggle for independence. When delegates from the Thirteen Colonies met at the Constitutional Convention and during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, when the Thirteen Colonies were newly independent and no longer under British rule, they formed a new