https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c kate fitzpatrick made with commen sense en-us 2020-09-08 19:03:47 UTC 2025-12-31 02:43:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f601.png fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/728936031 Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, in 1737. Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution.  Thetford Grammar School. But by age 12 thomas failed school. ]]> 2020-09-08 19:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/728936031 fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/736696477 2020-09-10 19:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/736696477 fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745490559 In 1774 by coinsidance he met Benjamin Franklin in London who helped him emigrate to Philadelphia. His career turned to journalism.]]> 2020-09-14 19:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745490559 fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745512076 He wanted independance from england. In arguing for American independence Paine denounced the monarchy and argued that people are born in to a state of equality. An advocate of natural rights theory Paine claimed that there are no natural rulers among men. He then proposed a system of representative government for the colonies.]]> 2020-09-14 19:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745512076 fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745523071 He belived that slavery was wrong. On March 8 1775 one month after Paine became the editor of The Pennsylvania Magazine the magazine published an anonymous article titled "African Slavery in America," the first prominent piece in the colonies proposing the emancipation of African-American slaves and the abolition of slavery. He wanted slavery to end because it is not right.]]> 2020-09-14 19:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745523071 fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745552707 He wrote commen sense. Thomas Paine was an influential 18th-century writer of essays and pamphlets. Among them were "The Age of Reason," regarding the place of religion in society; "Rights of Man," a piece defending the French Revolution and "Common Sense," which was published during the American Revolution.

]]> 2020-09-14 19:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/745552707 hudsonec https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/748297567 Thomas Paine was an English American writer  whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence. Common Sense” played a remarkable role in transforming an argument into the American Revolution. At the time Paine wrote “Common Sense,” most colonists considered themselves to be angry Britons.]]> 2020-09-15 15:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/748297567 fitzpatrickka https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/748893963 I think he influenced it by writing his articles, essays, and books. He also spoke out against slavery witch was not very common back then. He was a very bright man and tried to help people a lot. Including slaves and lots of other people. I think he made a pretty big impact on the US government.]]> 2020-09-15 17:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/748893963 lattame https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/753247200 Thomas Hobbes would not agree with Thomas Paine because Hobbes thought their should be a supreme authority in government, not a representative government.]]> 2020-09-16 20:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/fitzpatrickka/l10v1i2ik1o4st7c/wish/753247200