Who was Thomas Paine?
he was an English American political activist, author, political theorist, and he was a revolutionary man!he was born January 29 1737 in Thetford England at age 12 he failed out of school then he started apprenticing his father who was a stay-maker. at age 19 he failed at that and then left for sea, but by 1768 he was a tax officer in England.he was an influential writer he learned how to read, write, and perform arithmetic all in a couple of months.
he was a tax offiver and he hunted smugglers and collected tax on liquor and tobacco he failed at that job and may others after that his life in England was marked as a failure. in 1744 he enrolled at a grammar school and by 1749 he dropped out he then later listed and hit the sea serving on board a privateer.in 1759 he opens the doors to his own business as being a master stay-keeper in sandwich, Kent. on Septemtember 17, 1759 he married marry lambert she was an orphan of kent meaning no money no reletives her father had been a tax officer in 1769 marry dies giving birth to a child who (being pre-mature) dies soon after. he moves back in with his parents and starts to study to become a tax officer once again he then becomes a supernumerary tax officer in 1761 in 1762 he moved to Grantham, Lincolnshire to become a tax officer in 1764 he got transferred to attford he was making 50 pound a year in 1765 he was fired because he lied about inspecting goods. on june 31, 1766 he demands to be reinstated in his job that he lot but headed to wait for a vacancy over the next two years he works as a stay maker he then next applies as an ordained master in 1768 he was a school teacher he quits then becomes a tax officer AGAIN and lives in an apartment above a snuff and tobacco shop in 1769 he becomes a member of the society of a twelve that talks about town polotics then collects taxes and tithes they collect and distribute among the poor in 1771 he marries elizibeth olive during the previous year he had set up a tobacco business with elizibeth and her mother after the death of elizibeths father
in 1772 he published his first article asked in parliament for better pay and working conditions it was 21 pages long...
How did many colonists react to the ides Thomas Paine expressed in common sense.
it gave the colonists the energy to start the war. Thomas Paine showed them that its not ok to be bullied by the English and that they deserved to be treated equally.
he was an English American political activist, author, political theorist, and he was a revolutionary man!he was born January 29 1737 in Thetford England at age 12 he failed out of school then he started apprenticing his father who was a stay-maker. at age 19 he failed at that and then left for sea, but by 1768 he was a tax officer in England.he was an influential writer he learned how to read, write, and perform arithmetic all in a couple of months.
he was a tax offiver and he hunted smugglers and collected tax on liquor and tobacco he failed at that job and may others after that his life in England was marked as a failure. in 1744 he enrolled at a grammar school and by 1749 he dropped out he then later listed and hit the sea serving on board a privateer.in 1759 he opens the doors to his own business as being a master stay-keeper in sandwich, Kent. on Septemtember 17, 1759 he married marry lambert she was an orphan of kent meaning no money no reletives her father had been a tax officer in 1769 marry dies giving birth to a child who (being pre-mature) dies soon after. he moves back in with his parents and starts to study to become a tax officer once again he then becomes a supernumerary tax officer in 1761 in 1762 he moved to Grantham, Lincolnshire to become a tax officer in 1764 he got transferred to attford he was making 50 pound a year in 1765 he was fired because he lied about inspecting goods. on june 31, 1766 he demands to be reinstated in his job that he lot but headed to wait for a vacancy over the next two years he works as a stay maker he then next applies as an ordained master in 1768 he was a school teacher he quits then becomes a tax officer AGAIN and lives in an apartment above a snuff and tobacco shop in 1769 he becomes a member of the society of a twelve that talks about town polotics then collects taxes and tithes they collect and distribute among the poor in 1771 he marries elizibeth olive during the previous year he had set up a tobacco business with elizibeth and her mother after the death of elizibeths father
in 1772 he published his first article asked in parliament for better pay and working conditions it was 21 pages long...
How did many colonists react to the ides Thomas Paine expressed in common sense.
it gave the colonists the energy to start the war. Thomas Paine showed them that its not ok to be bullied by the English and that they deserved to be treated equally.