Thomas Paine: Original American Revolutionist

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Thomas Paine was an original American Revolutionist author who wrote several works of literature. Thomas Paine lived much of his first thirty-seven years of life in obscurity in England. Numerous politicians of different political parties have found inspiration in the writings of Thomas Paine even if they did not agree with everything that he stood for. During the French Revolution, Thomas Paine was imprisoned in France for a period of one to two years; during this time, Paine wrote a letter (that was published) to George Washington where he condemns him for not doing enough to evoke his release. Two notable statues of Thomas Paine exist today; the first was erected in the 1950’s in his birthplace, the second (created by the