{"data":{"description":"(1737 - 1809) Thomas Paine was a Revolutionary War writer, gained fame as author of Common Sense, The Crisis, The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason.","title":"Thomas Paine","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch3 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003e(1737-1809)\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHe served in the War as aide to Gen. Nathanael Greene, and appointed by Congress as secretary to the committee on foreign affairs. In his later years, he established himself as \"a missionary of world revolution\". Thomas Paine was a Revolutionary War writer, gained fame as author of Common Sense, The Crisis, The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgctr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"imgctr aligncenter\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/paine2.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Thomas Paine\" width=\"400\" height=\"504\" /\u003eThomas Paine\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore about Thomas Paine:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/writings/rights-of-man/\"\u003eThe Rights of Man\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/ebooks/earlyamerica/CommonSense/3755.txt\"\u003eCommon Sense\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-1/james-chalmers-plain-truth/\"\u003eA Loyalist Answers Thomas Paine\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\u003c/ul\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}