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Born in Thetford , England to an anglican mother and a quaker father.
Dad - Joseph Paine , he was a staymaker.
Mom - Frances "Cocke" Paine
Sister - Elizabeth, died when she was 7 months old. -
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At 7 years old, He joins Thetford Grammar School where he learns until he was 12 years old, 1749.
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He quits school and becomes an apprentice under his father who was a staymaker. But he failed.
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Her dad was an excise officer. She died in 1760 due to childbirth problems.
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He begins working as an excise tax officer in England, and he thinks they are paid too little.
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He gets involved in "Society Of Twelve", a group that discusses town politics.
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He marries again to Elizabeth Olive who was his partner in a business he set up.
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He published the book in which he argued for a pay raise for excise (tax) officers.
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An act against the British Tea act, colonists dump many tea chests into the Boston harbor.
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Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Paine move to Philadelphia, USA.
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He is fired from being an excise officer and even his business falls apart.
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Legal Document that seperated Thomas paine from his second wife.
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He was given a job as editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine and he obviously took it.
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With outbreaks of fights between the British and Colonists, the Revolutionary war began.
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He published Common Sense which supported independence for U.S. from England.
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He writes the first part of his crisis papers when he gets to philadelphia. The city was in real chaos and he does it in a haste.
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The Declaration of Independence stated that the 13 colonies are not part of the british empire anymore.
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He joins the troop under General Nathaniel Greene.
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The officers including George Washington tells thomas paine that "The country needs you publishing instead of fighting".
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The Treaty of Paris which is signed ends the American Revolutionary war.
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The congress gives him $3000 and a plot of land for his services to the U.S. Government.
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He goes to Paris, France leaving the U.S. through the sea.
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The french like Thomas paine's idea and design of a bridge.
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The US constitution was agreed upon in the name of the people and a convention took place in Philadelphia to establish it.
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His bridge is built.
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The French Revolution begins.
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Thomas Paine writes in favor of the revolution, demanding representation.
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He publishes this document which asks for democracy for the people and calls for a republic government.
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Thomas, a french citizen is accepted into the national Convention.
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It also calls for republic government but it includes an addition of tax and principles and practice.
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Thomas was accused of inappropriate writing from the British Government.
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He did not approve the execution of Louise XVI, so he was put in jail in France.
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He spoke out and argued against the execution.
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This war will last for 22 years.
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The National Convention thought of Thomas as a traitor.
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He is put in prison for supporting the former king, Louis.
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His door cell was marked and it meant that he was to be executed but because he was sick, it was left open and after some time the mark was gone and it actually saved his life.
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American Minister to France at that time was James Monroe and so he was the one who helped Thomas get released from prison.
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His writings affected other religions and he starts making rivalries.
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Paine writes a letter to Washington in which he states that Washington has betrayed him.
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It is a pamphlet in which he expands on the ideas from "Rights of Man" and individual freedom.
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He meets Napoleon. Napoleon praises him a lot.
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His health was getting real bad, he was moved from many places.
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He died alone with no one, at age 72 in New York City. There were very few people at his funeral. He was buried in his farm in New Rochelle, New York.
