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T3 - 6.2A: Alex Francisco, Robby Lacey (Congress Votes for Independence) Thomas Paine

Thomas pain is a very well known revolutionary writer. He wrote many pieces and was very well known for his dedication to Americas fight for freedom. He is the author of many pieces including his most famous common sense. Common sense was a pamphlet that was handed out to the colonist. The pamphlet explained how they don’t have to be afraid of the king and how we have the rights to be our own countries. Another one of his most famous pieces is The Rights of Man. The purpose of writing The Rights of Man was to basically rein force Common Sense. It explained how as human beings you have rights that no man or woman can take from you because there your rights as a human. Thomas Pain did not just become a great writer over night he started small being a journalist for a local news paper writing a Colum. As you can see that was the start to a great writers life and success filled profession.

Thomas pain is a revolutionary writer, patriot, and a father. Thomas pain is most well known for his writing and being the author of Common sense. He is a very well known patriot, he is known as a patriot for rallying the colonist and basically saying we don’t have to under rule of the king we are own people and deserve to be free and have our own rights as human beings. Thomas pain is also a father to a single son. He put his son through grammar school but later pulled him out to apprentice in corset making. Thomas pain was a man of many professions. He was a school teacher in London and shop keeper and was involved in politics. After being in America for less than a year he fully dedicated himself to the American fight for independence. Once the war was over he left America and returned to England. He was out of politics for good. Thomas was also a inventor he tried to find funding to help build his iron bridge. As Thomas aged he was becoming less evolved in the world and he later was pushed aside and forgotten about. Thomas pain later died on June 8th 1809. At the time he was virtually a outcast and was laid to rest in a small corner of his farm.

The thing that made Thomas Paine well-known throughout the colonies and Europe was his article he wrote called “Common Sense”. This article is a Forty-Eight paged pamphlet on matter pertaining to why American should have independence from Britain. This article was written in the form of a sermon so the colonist could understand the article better. It was sold everywhere around the world and it is still the best-selling book in U.S. history, according to the number of people in America at the time. Thomas Paine was forced to write the article anonymously because it was considered high treason and instead he put, “by an English-man”. Many people say that this article sparked the revolution by making logical augments on why America should have independence. No wonder Thomas Paine was called “The father of the Revolutionary War”.

All-in-all Thomas Paine was certainly a very significant person at the time period and even right now. He influenced and maybe even started the greatest turning point in American History. He provided many articles that was logical and made sense to everybody. He was recognized by most everybody in Europe and American. Thomas Paine Was defiantly one of the most influential people during the time of the Revolution.