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Thomas Paine

By: Arsh Thomas Paine was born on 1737 Thetford, England. Thomas Paine published a book called Common Sense in 1776. He also joined the Army as aside, General Greene. He published his crisis series 2, 3 in 1777.

Paine was growing popular so he was named secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. Paine launched a a new bank and traveled to France to help in an attempt to raise money for the war effort in 1780-1781.

In 1783 the revolutionary war finally ended so Thomas Paine settled in Borden town, New Jersey and started making new inventions. He also wrote on behalf of a strong Federal government and a national bank. Pain left for Europe hoping to interest investors in his bridge designs. In 1791 he published a book called Rights of Man.Pain argued against the execution of King Louis XVI of France and calls for an end to capital punishment in 1792.

After 15 years in Europe ( 1802 ) Pain returned home in New York, he began to to work on his letters to citizens of the United States. Sadly he died in 1809.