How Did Thomas Paine Fight For Independence

How did an English born man become one of the most influential figures in our nations fight for independence? Common Sense perhaps is not the catchiest of titles, but this man caught the attention of an entire nation with his writings. I’m writing about Thomas Paine, a man of many talents who found his calling in inspiring the nation to join the revolution. This man was not known to be a writer. Little is known about where he honed his writing skill, because it was almost too good to be natural. So, a man with so many shortcomings eventually becomes one of the most important people to the revolution. A man starting with nothing comes to fame in his forties and dies penniless and largely forgotten.
Landing in Philadelphia on November 30, 1774