Thomas Paine
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- Ello, My name is Thomas Paine and I was born January 29, 1737, in Norfolk, England
- In 1768, I began working as an excise officer on the Sussex coast. In 1772, I wrote his first pamphlet, an argument tracing the work grievances of my fellow excise officers.
- In 1774, I met Benjamin Franklin who convinced me to move to the Americas.
- My most famous pamphlet, “Common Sense,” was first published on January 10, 1776, selling out its thousand printed copies almost immediately. It proved to playing a crucial role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England
- In April 1777, I worked for two years as a secretary to the Congressional Committee for Foreign Affairs and then became the clerk for the Pennsylvania Assembly at the end of 1779.
- By the end of the American Revolution I found myself poverty-stricken because I refused any profits from my works. That being said Pennsylvania gave me £500 and New York a farm in New Rochelle. Here I devoted my time to inventions, concentrating on an iron bridge without piers and a smokeless candle.
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