Valor behind a Pen: Writer and Soldier in the United States, 1764- 1789
During the Revolutionary time period, 1764 to 1789, the original Thirteen Colonies were under the rule of the unforgiving authority of the British government. That all changed, however, when the British tightened their imperial authority by imposing acts such as the Sugar Act of 176 and the Townshend Act of 176, and the additional taxes which increased the tension between the two countries, therefore pushed the Americans to resist, which eventually resulted in the American Revolution (“Overview of the American Revolution”). One of the most heroic people of the Revolutionary era was Thomas Paine. Paine was viewed as brave for his doings in the American Revolution, thus earned him the title of a world prominent writer but more importantly a soldier, which contributed to his renowned recognition during the Revolutionary era.…