Background Imformation

BACKGROUND IMFORMATION

• Is that his family was poor.
• At the age of 13 he left school to help his father.
• At the age of 19 he was shipped out on a privateer in the seven years war.
• In a few months how ever he left and became an apprentice to a London manufacturer.
• Finally becoming an officer of the excise.
• His duties were to hunt for smugglers and collect the excise taxes on liquor and tobacco.

LIFE AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

LIFE AFTER THE WAR

• Between March 1791 and February 1792 he published numerous editions of his Rights of man.
• After the American Revolution Paine worked on several inventions including a smokeless candle.
• He defended the French Revolution against the attacks by Edmund Burke.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

• Thomas Paine was a important writer and thinker during the American Revolution.
• Born Jan.29 1737,Thetford,Norfolk Eng.--died June 8,1809 New York,N.Y.,U.S.
• His writings brought courage in times of crisis.
• Other works that contributed to his reputation as one of the greatest political propagandists in history were Rights of man,and the age.