![undefined](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Laurent_Dabos_%E2%80%93_Thomas_Paine_%E2%80%93_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1280px-Laurent_Dabos_%E2%80%93_Thomas_Paine_%E2%80%93_Google_Art_Project.jpg) *1792 portrait of Paine.* (1737-1809) English-born [[Patriot]] and author of [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Common Sense]] and later, _[Rights of Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_Man)_ (1791) and _[The Age of Reason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Reason)_. Participated in the [[French Revolution]] before being imprisoned during the Reign of Terror. Returned to America and died in New Jersey.