By: Mason

Grant
Joey Tolomei
Alex Sakorafis
 Background
Thomas Paine
Birth date: February 9th, 1737
Birth Place: Thetford, Norfolk, England
Parents: Joseph Paine and Frances
Paine
He became an apprentice and worked
for his father and failed
 Facts
• Thomas Paine was many things here are a few
of them:
• He was an author
• Pamphleteer
• Inventor
• Intellectual
• Revolutionary
• Founding father of America
• Wife died giving birth to a child which also die
at birth
Thomas Paine’s House
 Education
• Education: He attended Thetford
Grammar School (1744-1749)

• He failed out of the school at age 12.

 Little Known Facts
• He was born with the last name Pain,
but when he came to America he
changed his name to Paine
• Because Paine was against
institutionalized religion and
Christian doctrines only 6 people
attended his funeral
• He failed school when he was 12
years old.
• Original name for Common Sense
 Why is he a patriot?
• Thomas Paine was named “The Father of
the American Revolution” because of
Common Sense, the pro-independence
pamphlet he anonymously published on
January 10, 1776
• In Common Sense, he criticized King
George III and the British Government.
• In Common Sense, he said that American
Independence would allow America to
trade freely and that independence would
create a better society in America.
King George III
 Accomplishments
• He was a Founding Father
• He is considered the Father of the
American Revolution all because of
his book Common Sense
• Made the smokeless candle
• Helped develop the steam engine
• In 1777, he became secretary of the
Congressional Committee on Foreign
Affairs
 Impacts of his
accomplishments
• American Independence
• Common Sense was one of the best-
selling books of his century selling
100,000 copies in 3 months in the
British American Colonies which only
had 2 million free inhabitants
 What would our country be
like without Thomas Paine’s
accomplishments?

• Without Thomas Paine’s

accomplishments, America might not
be the independent country as we
know it.
 GOD
BLESS!!