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3、nehaddeclaredwaragainstkings,andasanunbelieveragainstchurches,andthepulpitunitedwiththethronetodefilehismemory.FoolishbigotscallThomasPaineanAtheist—intruthhewasaDeistandonewhodidnotdenyafuturestateofexistence.Paine'sfatherwasaQuakerandstaymaker.Afteralittle
4、stay-making,alittleworkintheexcise,andsometeaching,Paine,whenabout39yearsofage,wenttoAmerica.HegotthereinatimeofturmoilwheutheBostonPortsBillA2ivLIFEOFTHOMASPAINE.haddrivenMassachusettswild,andColonelWashingtonofVirginiawaspreparingtoraisearegimenttoaidtheol
5、dBayState.AtfirstPainesettledintheQuakerCity,obtainingliteraryworkinPennsylvaniawithMr.Aitkin,abookseller,buthispenwassoontofindmorestirringemploy.TheToryGovernmentofpoormadGeorgeIII.believed,orprofessedtobelieve,thatwitharegimentoftheGuardsitwouldbeeasytosw
6、eepNewEngland.GeneralGage,whocommandedatBoston,wassoonundeceived.InApril,1775,hedeterminedtodestroysomecolonialmilitarystoresinmagazineatConcord,afewmilesfromthemetropolisofMassachusetts.TheBritishregularsingayuniformsmarchedouttomerrytunes,contemptforthecol
7、onistspervadingofficersandmen.ButatLexingtonGreenthesedrilledsoldiers,hiredservantsofabadGovernment,firedonthelocalyeomanry,andthefirecameback.Eachfarmsentits"minute"men,eachditchwasariflepit,eachhedgeheldaskirmisher.KingGeorge'stroopswerechecked,thecolonist
8、stheysneeredatdrovethemback.Americawasawakening;theLexingtonskirmish,theshamefulmarchback,nowatlastaveryraceforlife,andtheKing'sgeneral,Gage,isbesiegedbytheroughfarmmenwhoweretillnowKingGeorge's
