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HE WAS BORN IN NORFOLK, ENGLAND TO JOSEPH PAINE AND FRANCES PAINE.
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THOMAS PAINE FAILED SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 12. HE LATER EXPANDED HIS EDUCATION BY READING BOOKS. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A CORSET MAKER FOR SEVEN YEARS.
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AT THE AGE OF 19, THOMAS PAINE FAILED AS HIS FATHER'S APPRENTICE AND WENT TO SEA TO BECOME A SAILOR. LATER, HE REALIZED HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AT SEA AND QUIT THAT TOO,
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MARY LAMBERT WAS THOMAS PAINE'S FIRST WIFE.
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MARY LAMBERT, THOMAS PAINE'S FIRST WIFE, DIED OF CHILDBIRTH,
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THOMAS PAINE WASN'T VERY GOOD AT THIS JOB EITHER. HE GOT FIRED TWICE IN FOUR YEARS.
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AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE, MARY LAMBERT, DIED OF CHILDBIRTH, THOMAS PAINE MARRIED ELIZABETH OLLIVE.
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THIS WAS HIS FIRST PAMPHLET EVER WRITTEN
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THOMAS PAINE OFFICIALLY SEPERATES WITH ELIZABETH OLIVE
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WHILE IN LONDON, A FRIEND INTRODUCES HIM TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN CONVINCES THOMAS PAINE TO MOVE TO AMERICA. THOMAS PAINE MOVES TO PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE HE WAS A QUAKER.
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THOMAS PAINE BECOMES A JOURNALIST. THIS IS THE JOB THAT HE WILL LOVE AND CONTINUE. HE WILL BECOME A FAMOUS WRITER SOON.
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THE PATRIOTS IN THE COLONIES FIGHT FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
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THOMAS PAINE WROTE THAT THE PATRIOTS SHOULD USE THEIR COMMONS SENSE TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
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THOMAS PAINE JOINS THE ARMY AND HIS TROOP JOINS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN NEW JERSEY
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DELEGATES FROM THE COLONIES MEET IN THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. THEY AGREE IT IS TIME TO OFFICIALLY SEPERATE FROM BRITAIN. THOMAS JEFFERSON WRITES THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
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PAINE HAD ORIGINALLY JOINED THE ARMY BUT WASN'T A VERY GOOD SOLDIER. HE WENT BACK TO WRITING AND PUBLISHED THE VERY INSPIRING AMERICAN CRISIS
HE LATER PUBLISHED MORE PAMPHLETS OF THE AMERICAN CRISIS -
WORDS FROM THOMAS PAINE'S PAMPHLETS WERE READ TO THE SOLDIERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM
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HE WENT BACK TO DO OTHER THINGS HE WANTED TO DO SUCH AS INVENTING AND IRON BRIDGE OR SMOKELESS CANDLES
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION BEGINS. THE REBELS TRY TO TAKE THE THRONE FROM KING LOUIS
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THE RIGHTS OF MAN SUPPORTED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. IT GOT THOMAS PAINE LABELED AS AN OUTLAW WITH THE BRITISH.
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HE FLED TO FRANCE TO ESCAPE BEING ARRESTED IN ENGLAND. IN ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE DID NOT SUPPORT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. THOMAS PAINE DID.
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PAINE WAS A SUPPORTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, BUT HE STILL OPPOSED THE ASSASINATION OF KING LOUIS. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL.
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IT WAS THE FIRST PART OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK AT THAT TIME
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THE US MINISTER, JAMES MONROE, FREED THOMAS PAINE.
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PART 1 AND PART 2 SOLD VERY WELL IN THE AMERICAS
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THOMAS PAINE WROTE THE LAST PART OF THE AGE OF REASON
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THOMAS JEFFERSON THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT SELL WELL AND WARNED THOMAS PAINE NOT TO PUBLISH IT
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PART 3 DID NOT SELL WELL AT ALL. HIS HARSH VIEWS ON RELIGION DID NOT MAKE THE COLONISTS HAPPY.
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HE DIED ON JUNE 8, 1809. NO ONE KNOWS HOW HE DIED.
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ONLY SIX PEOPLE CAME TO HIS FUNERAL. TWO OF THEM WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS.