Who is Thomas Paine and what did he do?

Answer 1

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was a US colonial author, lawyer, and scholar.

One of his greatest contributions was the pamphlet "Common Sense" (1776) which delineated the important reasons for colonial independence from Britain.

Answer 2

You should read the whole page at thomas Paine . It starts with "Thomas Paine was one of the great fiery voices of the American Revolution."

Thomas Paine was a British immigrant to the Colonies in the year 1774. He was 37 years old, a widower and legally separated from his second wife. He was a failed corset maker, privateer, tax collector, teacher, political activist, writer and merchant. On the voyage typhus swept throughout the ship infecting many of the people on board including himself. When he recovered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in mid- January of 1775 he found work at The Pennsylvania Magazine where he was quickly promoted to editor of the magazine. On January 10, 1776 he published the infamous pamphlet Common Sense under the pseudonym "an Englishman" selling between 150,000 and 250,000 copies a staggering number for those days. When we Declared Independence he joined the Pennsylvania militia and soon became aide-de-camp to General Nathanael Greene. After the Continental Army's retreat from New York City and many of the Soldiers enlistments soon ending he was convinced by others that he was a better writer than a soldier and he wrote another Pamphlet called "The American Crisis". George Washington was so impressed by the work he had it read to his men to increase the morale of the Continental Army.

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Thomas Paine wrote the "Crisis" which was used to raise the morale of the Patriots. He also wrote Common Sense.

Answer 3

Thomas Paine was a political activist, a political theorist, a revolutionary and the author of a number of persuasive essays addressing social and political issues of his time.

He is probably best known for writing the pamphlet Common Sense, which was published in 1776. This pamphlet was important because it was the first to publicly and openly request independence from Great Britain, doing so in a way that could be understood by the common people. Its publication earned Paine the nickname of The Father of the American Revolution. In asking for independence, the pamphlet questioned the previously unchallenged authority of the British government and the royal monarchy, and offered the alternative of a break from tradition and historical practice.

Paine also wrote a pamphlet entitled The Age of Reason, which considered the place of religion in society and "Rights of Man," which defended the French Revolution.

Answer 4

Thomas Paine was a very important colonial writer. His pamphlets on the tyranny of King George III were instrumental in convincing citizens of the colonies to support the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 5

Thomas Paine was an Journalist in Philadelphia in 1776, and he published ''Common Sense". It stood as most widely read and was most influenced. it also was a 47pg. pamphlet that sold 120,000 copies in 3 months.

Answer 6

Thomas Paine wrote many pamphlets that had many conflicting ideas. When he wrote he would write about what the headlines were and how he felt about certain things.

Answer 7

He was a great Propaganda writer during the American Revolution. Wrote "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis".

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Answer 8

Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense in January 1776.

Answer 9

The document titled "Common Sense".