https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8 Enlightenment Thinker Project en-us 2020-09-08 01:29:57 UTC 2020-09-16 18:35:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png thompsonge0 https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/730962214 Thomas Paine was born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford, England. He also grew up there. He went to school at Thetford Grammar School. He had just enough to master reading, writing, and arithmetic until he failed and quit at age 12. Thomas married twice. First He married Mary  Lambert. She dies when giving birth to a child, but he still works as an excise officer. In 1771 he married Elizabeth Ollive. He separates with his wife. He was unsuccessful or unhappy with every job he tried. In 1774 Thomas met Benjamin Franklin in London who gave him Letters of Recommendation. After that Thomas published Common Sense on January 10, 1776. In 1791 he publishes The Rights of Man. In 1794 Thomas publishes The Age of Reason. On June 8, 1809 Thomas dies because of his health. He died in Greenwich Village, New York, NY. Thomas Paine was buried in New Rochelle.]]> 2020-09-09 13:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/730962214 thompsonge0 https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/731000940 Thomas Paine published The Case of the Officers of Excise in 1772.In 1775 he published a newspaper essay about African Slavery in America. He published Common Sense in 1776. In 1791 he publishes The Rights of Man.
The Age of Reason was published in 1994. He published many more articals and newspapers.]]> 2020-09-09 13:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/731000940 thompsonge0 https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/738543287 Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense. This influenced people to become independent from Britain. Common Sense helped people realize that they were being controlled by Britain. People wanted to be independent and have a free country. This all lead to the Revolutionary war. ]]> 2020-09-11 13:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/738543287 thompsonge0 https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/738583672 The first pamphlet to support or to even recommend American independence was Common Sense which was written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776. ]]> 2020-09-11 13:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/738583672 morrisae0 https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/751935805 My thinker is John Locke. Our thinkers had very different ideas. Locke believed that society liked his ideas but Paine disagreed.]]> 2020-09-16 15:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/thompsonge0/7x018jtte7gcxiz8/wish/751935805