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THOMAS PAINE WAS BORN
HE WAS BORN IN NORFOLK, ENGLAND TO JOSEPH PAINE AND FRANCES PAINE. -
THOMAS PAINE FAILS SCHOOL AND BECOMES AN APPRENTICE TO HIS FATHER
THOMAS PAINE FAILED SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 12. HE LATER EXPANDED HIS EDUCATION BY READING BOOKS. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A CORSET MAKER FOR SEVEN YEARS. -
THOMAS PAINE WENT TO SEA AFTER FAILING AS AN APPRENTICE
AT THE AGE OF 19, THOMAS PAINE FAILED AS HIS FATHER'S APPRENTICE AND WENT TO SEA TO BECOME A SAILOR. LATER, HE REALIZED HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AT SEA AND QUIT THAT TOO, -
THOMAS PAINE MARRIED MARY LAMBERT
MARY LAMBERT WAS THOMAS PAINE'S FIRST WIFE. -
MARY DIED OF CHILDBIRTH
MARY LAMBERT, THOMAS PAINE'S FIRST WIFE, DIED OF CHILDBIRTH, -
THOMAS PAINE BECOMES A TAX OFFICER IN ENGLAND
THOMAS PAINE WASN'T VERY GOOD AT THIS JOB EITHER. HE GOT FIRED TWICE IN FOUR YEARS. -
THOMAS PAINE MARRIES ELIZABETH OLLIVE
AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE, MARY LAMBERT, DIED OF CHILDBIRTH, THOMAS PAINE MARRIED ELIZABETH OLLIVE. -
THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHES THE CASE OF THE OFFICERS OF EXCISE PROTESTING FOR HIGHER WAGES
THIS WAS HIS FIRST PAMPHLET EVER WRITTEN -
THOMAS PAINE AND HIS WIFE OFFICIALLY SEPERATE AND HE NEVER REMARRIES
THOMAS PAINE OFFICIALLY SEPERATES WITH ELIZABETH OLIVE -
THOMAS PAINE MEETS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN LONDON WHO HELPS HIM MOVE TO PHILADELPHIA
WHILE IN LONDON, A FRIEND INTRODUCES HIM TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN CONVINCES THOMAS PAINE TO MOVE TO AMERICA. THOMAS PAINE MOVES TO PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE HE WAS A QUAKER. -
THOMAS PAINE BECOMES A JOURNALIST IN PENNSYLVANIA
THOMAS PAINE BECOMES A JOURNALIST. THIS IS THE JOB THAT HE WILL LOVE AND CONTINUE. HE WILL BECOME A FAMOUS WRITER SOON. -
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
THE PATRIOTS IN THE COLONIES FIGHT FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. -
COMMON SENSE WAS PUBLISHED ENCOURAGING THE COLONISTS TO FIGHT
THOMAS PAINE WROTE THAT THE PATRIOTS SHOULD USE THEIR COMMONS SENSE TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO -
THOMAS PAINE JOINS THE ARMY
THOMAS PAINE JOINS THE ARMY AND HIS TROOP JOINS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN NEW JERSEY -
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS WRITTEN
DELEGATES FROM THE COLONIES MEET IN THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. THEY AGREE IT IS TIME TO OFFICIALLY SEPERATE FROM BRITAIN. THOMAS JEFFERSON WRITES THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. -
THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHES THE FIRST AMERICAN CRISIS
PAINE HAD ORIGINALLY JOINED THE ARMY BUT WASN'T A VERY GOOD SOLDIER. HE WENT BACK TO WRITING AND PUBLISHED THE VERY INSPIRING AMERICAN CRISIS
HE LATER PUBLISHED MORE PAMPHLETS OF THE AMERICAN CRISIS -
WASHINGTON AND HIS TROOPS CROSS THE DELAWARE RIVER
WORDS FROM THOMAS PAINE'S PAMPHLETS WERE READ TO THE SOLDIERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM -
THOMAS PAINE MOVES BACK TO ENGLAND
HE WENT BACK TO DO OTHER THINGS HE WANTED TO DO SUCH AS INVENTING AND IRON BRIDGE OR SMOKELESS CANDLES -
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION BEGINS
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION BEGINS. THE REBELS TRY TO TAKE THE THRONE FROM KING LOUIS -
THOMAS PAINE WROTE THE RIGHTS OF MAN
THE RIGHTS OF MAN SUPPORTED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. IT GOT THOMAS PAINE LABELED AS AN OUTLAW WITH THE BRITISH. -
THOMAS PAINE FLED TO FRANCE
HE FLED TO FRANCE TO ESCAPE BEING ARRESTED IN ENGLAND. IN ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE DID NOT SUPPORT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. THOMAS PAINE DID. -
THOMAS PAINE WAS ARRESTED
PAINE WAS A SUPPORTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, BUT HE STILL OPPOSED THE ASSASINATION OF KING LOUIS. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL. -
THOMAS PAINE WROTE AND PUBLISHED PART 1 OF THE AGE OF REASON
IT WAS THE FIRST PART OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK AT THAT TIME -
THOMAS PAINE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON
THE US MINISTER, JAMES MONROE, FREED THOMAS PAINE. -
THOMAS PAINE WROTE AND PUBLISHED PART 2 OF THE AGE OF REASON
PART 1 AND PART 2 SOLD VERY WELL IN THE AMERICAS -
PART 3 OF THE AGE OF REASON WAS WRITTEN
THOMAS PAINE WROTE THE LAST PART OF THE AGE OF REASON -
THOAMS JEFFERSON CONVINCED THOMAS PAINE NOT TO PUBLISH PART 3
THOMAS JEFFERSON THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT SELL WELL AND WARNED THOMAS PAINE NOT TO PUBLISH IT -
THOMAS PAINE IGNORED JEFFERSON AND PUBLISHED PART 3
PART 3 DID NOT SELL WELL AT ALL. HIS HARSH VIEWS ON RELIGION DID NOT MAKE THE COLONISTS HAPPY. -
THOMAS PAINE DIED
HE DIED ON JUNE 8, 1809. NO ONE KNOWS HOW HE DIED. -
THOMAS PAINE'S FUNERAL
ONLY SIX PEOPLE CAME TO HIS FUNERAL. TWO OF THEM WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS.
