Who Was Thomas Paine?

PBS Learning: Who Was Thomas Paine?

Introduce to your class the story of Thomas Paine, one of the most influential voices of the American Revolution, in this American Icons video from PBS LearningMedia. Learn how Paine’s groundbreaking pamphlet “Common Sense” inspired colonists to fight for independence from England and reject tyranny under King George III. Through his bold words and revolutionary ideas, Paine helped ignite the movement that led to the Revolutionary War and the founding of a new nation built on liberty and self-governance.  More at PBS Learning Media

USCIS 128:77.   Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain. 

• High taxes 

• Taxation without representation 

• British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering) 

• They did not have self-government 

• Boston Massacre 

• Boston Tea Party (Tea Act) 

• Stamp Act 

• Sugar Act

 • Townshend Acts