Thomas+Paine

__**American Revolution By Garrett Hitchens Pd.4**__

Thomas Paine was born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford, England. His parents were John Henry, and Sarah Winston. Out of his two parents it is not known to the date of when his father had passed away. As for the mother though she passed away in 1781. Later on in life me met his wife Mary Lambert. She later went on to die in the year 1760. After this tragedy he then went on to find someone else and her name was Elizabeth Olive, and that relationship went on until 1771. He never had any children with any of his wifes. One of his most famous quotes are, //"These are the times that try men's souls."// Most of his life he was what was considered a failure. It was said that he lived off other peoples fortunes. Although he was perceived as this type of person, the writings that he has done are what has helped inspire this nation that we live in today. He had a vision that he wanted the rest of the nation to see as well. He was strongly against slavery, and he was one of the first people to push for a world peace organization and social security for the elderly. There was a bit of controversy when it came down to his view on religion which would later in his life ruin his success. Once he finally passed away only a handful of people attended his funeral even after all of the good that he has done in his lifetime.