Introduction
Thomas paine, british american thinkers, writers, political activists, theorists, revolutionaries, radical democrats. Born in norfolk county in the united kingdom, he was a former father, a tailor, later a teacher, tax officer, spent a 37-year-old year in the united kingdom, then moved to the british north american colony, then joined the american independence movement, and completed a series of booklets during the war, the american crisis (1776-1783), which became one of the founding fathers of the united states. Moreover, pan’s commons has greatly encouraged the morale of the american war of independence, and some of his other works have helped the french-british cause of democracy。
Thomas pann
On 9 february 1737, pan was born in england to a poor family. As a result of poor family conditions, pan has not received much formal education since childhood, dropped out of school at the age of 13, worked as a tailor, shopkeeper, teacher, etc., and finally received a job as a tax clerk。
In 1773, he was dismissed for not being paid enough to write " the status of tax officials " . At that point, pan met benjamin franklin, when franklin was america's spokesperson in europe, with his career in the middle of the day. Franklin appreciated pan and advised him to go to america, and his son-in-law richard becchi offered to help。
In 1774, he went to philadelphia, united states of america, through a presentation by becky, editor-in-chief of pennsylvania magazine。
In 1776, when the wave of american independence began, he supported the independence of the united states and opposed the british colonial dictatorship, writing his famous booklet, commons, which was reproduced in many colonial journals. It has led to the inclusion of patriots who wait and see in the revolution. Immediately after the publication of the booklet, 120,000 copies were sold in the first three months. Commons argued for the independence of the united states from british colonization, criticizing the brutal incompetence of the british king and arguing that the united states should establish a republic after independence。
Thomas pann's commons
At the end of 1776, when the war for independence was at a low level, it was greatly encouraging to write the booklet, the crisis. He actively advocated the abolition of slavery, writing africa slaves in the americas, and working with benjamin franklin to abolish slavery in pennsylvania。
In 1787, he settled in the united kingdom and wrote about human rights and was wanted by the british government
In 1791, pan went to france to support the french revolution and was elected to the national council, which, in his view, was influenced by the spirit of united states independence, but he opposed the execution of the french king and supported the genents. Participated in the drafting of the french declaration of human rights. Write human rights theory。
In 1793, the jacobin faction, led by robertsby, took over the french regime, and pan was jailed for his opposition to their terrorist dictatorship and his earlier opposition to the execution of the king, in which he wrote " the age of reason " 。
In 1794, a hot month of coup d ' état broke out in france, robertsby was decapitated and pan was released from prison and continues to serve in the national council。
In 1802, pan returned to the united states, where he was criticized by christians for his persistent opposition to nobility politics, rich politics and dogmatism and his adherence to natural theology。
In 1809, pan passed away in new york in the midst of poverty and humiliation and was buried in new rochelle。
In 1819, a political journalist, william corbett, transported pan's remains to the united kingdom in preparation for his funeral. Unfortunately, the plan failed and the remains were finally lost。
Main ideas
Pan, a radical democrat and natural theorist, promoted the creation of the “world republic” in his “citizens of the world” concept, and was one of the proponents of public education, minimum wage quotas. There is no king or nonobility in the penn system and there is equality between human beings。
Publications
