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The life of Thomas Paine Thomas Paine was born on January 29th 1737.He was born in Theftord United Kingdom. He died on June 8th 1809.Thomas Paine was an English American. He was a journalist and an inventor. Paine received a little formal education. He learned to read and write he also learned a little arithmetic. Thomas started working at the age of thirteen. He was working for his father as a corset maker. He tried many jobs but Paine didn’t stay at them very long. He later in life was working for the town as an officer. Paine collected taxes for tobacco and liquor. He also hunted smugglers. Thomas spent most of his pay on books. Thomas Paine wrote common sense. Common sense is a poem that makes whoever is reading it makes a decision right away. Thomas Paine published common sense in January 1776 causing delegates to congress server ties to Brittan. Paine’s life was marked with failures. He married twice and got a divorce both time. He was unsuccessful with every job he had except for when he was working for the town as an officer. When the situation looked like it couldn’t get any worse he met Benjamin franklin in London. Benjamin franklin told him he should look for fortune in America and gave him letters to help him out along the first month. Till he knew what he was doing. By 1793 he was imprisoned in France. During his imprisonment he was writing the first part of what would be his most famous work. He was freed in 1794. Paine remained in France until 1802. He then returned to America with an invitation from Thomas Jefferson. Paine discovered that his contributions to the American Revolution had been all but eradicated due to his religious views. Derided by the public and abandoned by his friends he died on June 8th 1809 at the age of 72 in New York City.

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