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Religion
Religion was important to many people in the 1700s including Thomas Paine. -
George Washington
George Washington was born in 1732. -
Birth
Thomas Paine was born on Jan. 1737 -
Methodist Church
Englishman John Wesly and his brotehr Charles found the Methodist Church. -
Starts going to school
When he was 6, he attented the loca grammer school. -
Job
He started his own corest bussiness -
Wife and child died
His wife and her child died is child birth, gave up Corest bussiness. -
New job
Began his new job in 1764 as an Excisemen in the town Sandwich. -
Job lost
He lost his job in 1768 because he was accused of stamping -
New job
Started his next tax-collecting job in the town of Lewes -
Captain James Cook
British explorer captain James Cook leaves England for a three- year exploration of the pacific. -
Boston Massacre
Was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770 -
Married again
Married Elizabeth Olive in 1771, she is 10 years younger than him. -
First Major Writing
The writing was called "The Case of the Officers Exise" -
Tea Party!!
The tea destryed in the 1773 Boston Tea Party was wirth about $1 million in today's currency. The men who caused this were disgused as Mohawk Indians. -
Seperation
He and his wife seperated. -
Economics
Scottish economist Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, making the start of modern econmics. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine published his famous writing "Common Sense" -
Congress
Takes a job with the congress -
First hot air ballon flown
Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne montgolfier become the first humanz to fly with their invention of the hot air ballon. -
Sailor
For about eight months, Paine worked as a sailor. -
Steamboat
John Fitch invents the steamboat. -
Austria
The British goverment announces plans to make Austria a penal colony. -
Iron Bridge
Went back to England, begins a project to buld an iron bridge. -
Newspaper
The Times newspaper in London is founded. -
French Revolution
Visits France after the start of the French Revolution. -
The book
Paine published the first part of the rights of man in Feburary 1791. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Austrian composer Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart dies. -
French Constitution
He was chosen to write a new constitution for France. -
Prison
Paine was arrested as an enemy of France -
Last major work
Publishes his last major work "Agrarian Justice" -
U.V
Ultraviolet radiation is discovered. -
Returns to America
Comes back to the United States, where he is disliked for his ideas on religion and support of the French Revolution. -
New Medical Drugs
General anesthesia is first used in surgery. -
Depression
By spring 1806, he was depressed and began drinking a lot of alcohal and ignored his apperance. -
A new type of writing
Louis Braille of France, Invento of a writing system for the blind is born. -
Death
Thomas Paine died on June 8, 1809 in his small rented room just outside New York City.
