Thomas Paine Father of American Democracy?

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It's an interesting question. Did he bring us the democratic notion of citizens who don't own property having the vote and being able to hold political office?

Did he really deserve to be treated the way he was on news of his death?

How much were some of his earlier views in sync with those of Jefferson?

Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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Paine was a British subject and may have been a pirate in his early years. He later lived in France and became friends with Benjamin Franklin. He was only in the American colonies for about two years before the American Revolution. There is no evidence that he was involved in the Declaration of Independence but his revolutionary pamphlets might have given Jefferson and others some ideas.

 

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Thankfully, we don’t have a “democracy.”