The Thomas Paine Page

( 1737-1809 )

Major Works
Eric Foner selected and annotated the texts for Collected Writings, the Paine volume in the Library of America, 1995.
Common Sense ( 1776 ).
The Crisis ( 1776-1783 ). Thirteen papers rallying the thirteen colonies to fight. On Line
Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution ( Part I, 1791; Part II, 1792 ). That is to say, Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution ( 1790 ), in which Burke was critical of the barbarous excesses of the revolutionaries. Burke, a Whig, was supportive of the American Revolution.
The Age of Reason ( Part I, 1794; Part II, 1795 ). Paine's rationalist attack on revealed religion. On Line

About Paine
A Loyalist Answers Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine from ushistory.org. Includes texts of Paine's major works.

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