Thomas Paine

 Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England on January 29,1737. His father, a corseter, he had visions for his son, but by the age of 12, Thomas had failed out of school. After a short basic education, he started to work, for his father, later as an officer of the excise (tax). That was not a very good job and make him not a successful man. He had been dismissed from the works many times. In 1774, he met Benjamin Franklin in London, who advised him to emigrate to America, giving him letters of recommendation. Thomas Paine decided to leave London and emigrate to America. 

         On November 30,1774 Thomas Paine landed at Philadelphia. He had his fist job as a publicist. He became very important. In 1776, he published Common Sense, a defense of American Independence from England. In that short book he expressed himself. He said how things should been said and done. He even call the King a tyran. What Thomas Paine wanted was the government to be elected by all the commons, and that every person could participate in the elections. He had many beliefs, that the colonist also liked and agree with him. 

         After the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Paine argued that America should not simply revolt against taxation, but demand independence from Great Britain entirely. He expanded this idea in a 50-page pamphlet the same a talk before. "Common Sense" was printed on January 10, 1776. In 1777, Congress named Paine secretary to the Committee for Foreign Affairs. Around this time, in his pamphlets, Paine allow to secret negotiations with France that were not for public consumption. These caused an expulsion from the committee in 1779. In April 1787, Paine headed back to England, where he soon became fascinated with what he heard of the roiling French Revolution.