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He influenced the U.S government by writing common sense. Common sense is about convincing colonist to take arms up against England.  He also wrote The American Crisis. Which inspired the army.

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his famous writing!!!

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another one of his writings!!!

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Thomas was famous for his influence on the american revolution with his common sense pamphlet and his crisis papers.

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Thomas Paine was a writer and political pamphleteer he wrote the common sense pamphlet and crisis papers and both of those had an influence on the american revolution.

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Thomas Paine was born on January 29 1737 in Norfolk, England. When he was 12 he failed out of school. When he got older he decided he wanted to emigrate to England and Benjamin Franklin help him do that.