Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine
noun
American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
• Syn: ↑Paine, ↑Tom Paine
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American Revolutionary leader, ↑pamphleteer

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Thomas Paine [Thomas Paine]
(1737–1809) an English writer and politician who wrote and spoke in favour of freedom and ↑democracy. He moved to America in 1774 and wrote Common Sense (1776), a short book proposing American ↑independence from Britain. When he returned to England he wrote ↑Rights of Man in support of the French Revolution, and had to escape to France to avoid being arrested for ↑treason. In France he became a member of the ↑revolutionary government, but was put in prison because he was opposed to killing the king. There he wrote the last of his famous books, The Age of Reason (1794–5), which attacked many Christian beliefs and practices.

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