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Thomas Paine was born at Thetford, Norfolk, on January 29, 1737. He was the son of a Quaker staymaker and he spent several years at sea after he tried some occupations on land. He only went to school up to the age of thirteen because he started to work for his father. After some time he took low-paying jobs in tax-collecting, and he winded up educating himself in his free time. Paine was fired for publishing an article arguing that raising tax-collectors’ salaries would reduce corruption in 1772. Thomas Paine eventually met Benjamin Franklin which was pretty much the turning point of his life. Benjamin Franklin eventually convinced Paine to move to America at the age of 37.
Thomas Paine wrote Right of Man in 1791, which was a guide to Enlightenment ideas. In 1973, his book The Age of Reason, argued against Christian doctrines. He has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution because of Common Sense, originally titled Plain Truth, which was the......

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