evidence: - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Thomas Paine - Social Studies for Kids - Biography of Thomas Paine - World History Encyclopedia - Thomas Paine - Spartacus Educational - Biography of Tom Paine - American Battlefield Trust - Thomas Paine - National Archives - Thomas Paine’s Attitudes Toward Religion Impacted His Legacy, Author Says - Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Thomas Paine - Libertarianism.org - A Right to Rebel: A Biography of Thomas Paine - Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Thomas Paine - George Washington's Mount Vernon - Biography of Thomas Paine - Official Site of The Thomas Paine Society [...] Thomas Paine (born January 29, 1737, Thetford, Norfolk, England—died June 8, 1809, New York, New York, U.S.) was an English-American writer and political pamphleteer whose Common Sense pamphlet and Crisis papers were important influences on the American Revolution. Other works that contributed to his reputation as one of the greatest political propagandists in history were Rights of Man, a defense of the French Revolution and of republican principles, and The Age of Reason, an exposition of the place of religion in society.