Who was thomas paine?

Question

i know that but who was he and why was he writing the book commen sense?

Answer 1

An anti-American who would not have liked President Cheney.

Answer 2

A great free thinker of the late 18th century, a sometimes friend of George Washington, and altogether a man ahead of his time. He believed "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good", a philosophy that got him in trouble with lots of more authority-minded people. He is also, like most, a man about whom reams of information can be found through a SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH!

Answer 3

Thomas Paine was this really famous guy who wrote a book, changing the views of the coonists. He debated that the British were unfair to them and stated that the colonists had unlienable rights. Which were rights you had when you were born.

er. yea. thats all i remember from my textbook. xD

Answer 4

He happens to be my ancestor. Great uncle or something.

He was an author, he wrote several books during the Revolutionary war timeframe.

He wrote about politics, and religion, and he was a great influence on our forefathers.

Answer 5

author of Common Sense
one of America's founding fathers

Answer 6

He was the author of "Common Sense"

Answer 7

He wrote "Common Sense"

Answer 8

he a white rich land owning slave having guy with alot of frustration on his mind because of his evil english cousins and decided to grab a paper and pen and write them a letter


a really long letter.

Answer 9

he was a great revolutionary, and he did write "common sense", a very famous pamphlet.

Answer 10

there's a website called google & another one called yahoo, oh and another one callled wikipedia that you can use a search engine on to find out who thomas paine is.......

IMAGINE THAT!

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