Thomas

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Paine

• Thomas

The Father of the American Revolution
Author Benjamin Jay Young
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Who was he?

• Thomas Paine was an American revolution writer.
  Hes considered to be a revolutionary radical
  liberal writer of his time. He was the author of
  the famous history book, Common Sense, which led
  many people to give faith in the American
  Revolution.
• Hes been given the title of The Father of the
  American Revolution due to his support and work
  for the freedom from Great Britain.

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Birth

• Was born on January 29th, 1737
• Thetford England
• His parents are Joseph and Frances Paine

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Death

• He died on June 8th 1809, in New York city
• His final resting place is in New Rochelle, New
  York.
• He lived to be 72 years old

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Well known literature

• Common Sense (1776)
• The American Crisis (series 1776-1783)
• Rights of Man (1791)
• The Age of Reason (1793)
• Agrarian Justice (1795)

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Other work

• Agrarian Justice
• Answer to Bishop LLandaff
• Biblical Blasphemy
• Dissertation on First Principles of Government
  (1795)
• Worship and Church Bells (1797)
• Prospect Papers (1804)
• Letter to Andrew Dean (1806)
• An Essay on Dream (1807)
• Examination of the Prophecies (1807)
• The Existence of God
• Of the Religion of Deism Compared with the
  Christian Religion
• Origin of Free-Masonry (1818)
• Predestination

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Childhood life

• His father was a Quaker
• His mother was a Angelic
• He was enrolled into Thetford Grammar school due
  to his abilities

• Became a apprentice to his father as a corset
  maker
• As a teen he enlisted ad a privateer

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Life in England
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Paines Family

• On September 27, 1759, Paine married Mary Lambert
• His wife became pregnant, and, following a move
  to Margate, went into early labor and died along
  with her child
• On 26 March 1771, at age 34, he married his
  landlord's daughter, Elizabeth Ollive
• Due to him moving to America with the
  recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, the two
  signed a separation agreement

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Are we there yet?

• Paines trip across sea to America nearly lead
  Paine to death. The drinking water on board
  killed five passengers of typhoid fever. Although
  Paine did make the trip he was too ill to leave
  his cabin when he arrived in Philadelphia. When
  Benjamin Franklins physician arrived, he had to
  carry Paine away.

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Life in America
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Contribution to the Revolution
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Common Sense
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Second only to the Bible

• In the first two months of Common Sense, 120,000
  copies were sold in the colonies
• At the time there was only a population of 2
  million in the colonies
• Total sales in both England and the colonies at
  the time reached 500,000 copies.
• It was the best selling work, with the exception
  of the bible, at the time.

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Plain Truth

• There were many attacks against Paine from
  loyalists.
• Plain Truth was written by James Chalmers
  called Paine a Political Quack.
• Chalmers later served as a commander in the
  Maryland Loyalists

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Rights of Man
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National Assembly of France

• When he wrote Rights of Man, it inspired
  Enlightenment of France which lead the French
  Revolution. Although he could not speak French,
  he was elected into the Nation Assembly of
  France. Although later due to the leader
  believing he was a alley of the Girondists, he
  was thrown in jail.

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The Age of Reason
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Paine vs. Napoleon

• Paine remained in France during the Napoleonic
  era. Paine, as a freedomist, hated Napoleons
  move towards dictatorship and called him The
  completest charlatan that ever existed..
  Although he stayed in France, he later went back
  to America on the invitation of Thomas Jefferson.

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Coming (back) to America

• Due to the dictatorship happening in Europe,
  Paine was invited back to America by Thomas
  Jefferson in 1802. In seven years he would later
  die a long lived life.

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A Founding Father

• Thomas Paine is one of the greatest persuasive
  writers of all time. Hes very straight to the
  point, and has changed the minds of over millions
  in leading towards enlightenment and freedoms. He
  considered not only starting the French
  Revolution but also giving the support of the
  American Revolution to win our freedoms.

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Sources

• http//www.thomaspaine.org/
• http//www.ushistory.org/Paine/
• http//www.infidels.org/library/historical/thomas_
  paine/
• http//www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Thomas_Paine/
  

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Image Sources

• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d
  /Thomas_Paine.jpg (Slightly restored by myself)
• http//www.aoqv41.dsl.pipex.com/album/thetford/ful
  l/paine1.jpg
• http//www.thomaspaine.org/bio/House_Thetford.jpg
• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/01_P
  aine_burial_location.JPG
• http//www.mcdoa.org.uk/images/French20Privateer!
  .jpg
• http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/vc26.
  10p1.jpg
• http//www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/imag
  es/slave_routes/pictures/france-rights-of-man2.jpg
  
• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Pain
  eAgeReason.png
• http//www.cosmosmagazine.com/system/files/2007011
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