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Religion was important to many people in the 1700s including Thomas Paine.
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Born in a farming village in England, his mom is named Frances Cocke, and his father was named Joseph Paine.
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When Thomas was 13 years old his father took him out of Grammer School so that he could become an Apprentice for his father in 1750.
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For about eight months, Paine worked as a sailor.
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The seven years of war is fough; Britain defeats france.
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Paine started his own corset buisness in the town of sandwhich.
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Starts a new job, as an exciseman.
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British explorer captain James Cook leaves England for a three- year exploration of the pacific.
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Thomas Paine's first major writing was in 1772.
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In 1774, Paine auctioned all of his goods to earn money for food and shelter.
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King Louis of france dies and his grandson, Louis XVI is crowned.
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A scottish economist Aam Smith publishes the Wealthof Nations, heralding the beginningof modern economics.
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Thomas Paine wrote a phamphlet called the American Crisis in Philedelphia and in january he published common sense.
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Thomas Paine Ressighned in 1779.
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The battle of the Revolutionary War took place in 1779 and Paine fought and won the key of victory.
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Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier become the first human to fly with their inventions of the hot air baloon.
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NewYork gave him a large form in new Rochelle that had once belonged to a loyalist.
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The British Government announces plans to make australia a penal colony.
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Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
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Paine published the first part of the rights of man in Feburary 1791.
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Paine went to jail and was scheduled to be executed but, he never did becuse he wrote a letter to the head quarters and they took concideration to let him be freed. While in jail Paine decided to write a longer version of the "Age of Reason".
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Ultraviolet radiation is discovered.
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General anesthesia is first used in surgery.
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Louis Braille of France, inventor of a writing system for the blind, is born.
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Thomas died at the age of 72 years old on June 8, 1809.
