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Thomas Paine - Online Term Paper

Thomas Paine

In September of 1776, on the outskirts of Newark, among the tired,
discouraged, soldiers, as they paused from their daily retreat, sat .
He wrote many papers that would have a major effect on the outcome of the quest
for independence. Born the son of a Quaker Laymaker on January 29th, 1737 at
Thetford, Norfolk England. He received a basic elementary education, and started
to work for his father as an apprentice, and later as an excise officer. He was
not a huge success at either, and was in fact fired twice from the job as an
excise officer. When he arrived in Philadelphia on November 30th 1774,
he was sick and feverish, and had to be carried on a stretcher. With a letter ...

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he arrived in Philadelphia, Paine noticed the
tension, and the rebellious attitude, that was continually getting larger, after
the Boston Tea Party.
In Paine's opinion, the Colonies had all the right to revolt against a
government that imposed taxes on them, and which did not give them the right of
representation in the Parliament at Westminster. Then he went one massive step
further, he decided there was no reason for the Colonies to stay dependent on
England. He published his opinions in the American independence pamphlet Common
Sense.
In Common Sense Paine states that sooner or later Independence from
England must come, because America had lost touch with the mother country. He
felt that the function of government in society was to only be a regulator, and
thus pretty simple. His strong beliefs made him a major influence on the
Declaration Of Independence.
He joined General Washington in his battle against General Howe in the
War of Independence. Where he motivated many ...

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Added: 1/30/2005 11:54:34 PM
Category: Biographies
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