Thomas Paine: The "First Man" of The Revolution
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Thomas Paine’s powerful words inspired revolution across the world—rallying George Washington’s troops on the battlefield, fueling the French Revolution, and provoking British disdain for America’s fight for independence. In Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call of American Independence, historian Harlow Giles Unger explores the life of the man John Adams called "the first man of the revolution.". Here's the author himself with the story—audio courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.
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