1737–1809 · American political writer and philosopher
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was an English-born pamphleteer whose plainspoken arguments helped ignite the American Revolution.
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About Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was an English-born pamphleteer whose plainspoken arguments helped ignite the American Revolution. Common Sense, published anonymously in January 1776, made the case for independence so forcefully that it became one of the best-selling works in American history.
- Born
- 1737
- Died
- 1809
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