Thomas+Paine

=Thomas Paine= =childhood=

[1][|Thomas Paine]this page is about Thomas Paine. [1]he was born on February 9,1737 he attended Thetford Grammer school in 1744-1749. =adulthood= [1]On September 27,1759 Thomas Paine married Mary Lambert Thomas Paine's business collapsed soon after. [2]Mary Lambert was going to have a baby after [|Thomas Paine]and Mary Lambert moved to [|Margate]. [|Mary Lambert] went into early labour in which she and her child died. =Writing stories= [2]Thomas Paine wrote [|Common Sense]to inspire the Continental Army to fight he also wrote the American Crisis.[3] He also wrote two more called Rights of Man and Agrarian Justice the [|USA Social Security Administration] recognizes Agrarian Justice as the first American proposal for an old-age. pension.[4] Thomas Paine was active in local affairs ,surving on the town council and establising a debating at a local tavern.

=America= [3][|Thomas Paine] also failed as a shopkeeper in 1774 Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Paine immigrate to America Thomas Paine settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he began a job as a journalist. [4] He traveled with the Continental Army and wasn't a success as a soldier George Washington rejected him to be a soldier ,but he produced The Crisis which inspired the Continental soldier's. =Years later= Some people hated Thomas Paine's idea of Common Sense and attacked him. Later Thomas Paine meet with Thomas Jefferson and became friends with him.Thomas Paine died at the age of 72 in 59 Grove Street in Greenwich,New York City.After he died the state Virginia celebrates Thomas Paine day on Jan. 29th. =Refences=

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