The Life and Accomplishments of Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine came as a English man who didn't have much of anything,
not many friends, not much money, but with the help of others wishing to
keep him alive and give him a chance at a new life. Thomas Paine grew from
a sick, unshaven, almost penniless, dirty man to a clean shaven man who
helped band thousands of Englishmen together to fight for Independence.
Thomas Paine was born in England on January 29, 1737. Paine travelled
to American 1774, He landed, then went to Pennsylvania. When he landed he
started teaching two children with the recommendation of Benjamin Franklin.
After he got a job as a journalist and essayist and helped a Scotsman named
Robert Aitkin start a magazine called the Pennsylvania Magazine. They
talked all night about it. Aitkin taught Paine everything he would need to
know about the job. Atkin gave Paine food, a shaving, clean clothes and
cleaned up his act. Paine, who had been a heavy drinker had stopped
drinking for a while, too.
The Battle at Lexington and Concorde soon came about and nobody was
too happy about it. The next day after they heard this news, a huge mob
assembled outside of the state house. Thomas Paine was one of the speakers
trying to calm down all of the eight-thousand people that were in front of
the building.
Paine soon went to a ball to represent the Pennsylvania Magazine in
which he represented. He had a lot of answers to questions people kept
asking him. Paine was finally fired when he argued with Aitkin because he
wanted to put an article in the paper. It was called Reflections on Titles.
The Second Continental Congress met, and Paine was introduced to
someone he di...
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man whose name was Bobby Bell, also a Scotsman. It was soon published as a
small book. People everywhere were buying it and reading it to groups of
people. Paine said that Bell could keep the profits because Paine didn't
expect to sell any books. To his surprise though, one hundred-thousand
copies were sold in three months. He made up many peoples' minds during the
Revolution for what they were fighting for. He continued to publish a
series of pamphlets called the Crisis which was published from 1776-83.
Paine died on June 8, 1809. He was living in poverty. He wasn't as
famous and well-known as he had been before because of some criticism he
made of George Washington in a letter to him. On his deathbed, many people
tried to make him turn into a Catholic since he had no religion. All their
efforts were lost as soon as he died.
•Compare the backgrounds of Jefferson and Paine; did Paine have an advantage or disadvantage by not being born in the colonies? Explain.
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tried with King Laius to kill their son, and had no respect for the prophecies
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wrote a pamphlet to the people in England and told about all the good things
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