Paine continued to write for the good of America. He wrote the pamphlet, Public Good, to help the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. He also wrote letters to the Providence Gazette and Country Journal to encourage Rhode Island to approve a national tariff that would put more money in the treasury. At the end of the American Revolution, on April 19, 1783 he ended The Crisis papers with the line, "The times that tried men's souls" are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily accomplished." (Encyclopedia... Page 66-67)
Paine decided to bring his talent for journalism overseas to England and France. There he wrote pieces such as The Rights of Man, Letter to George Washington, and The Age of Reason, which inspired democratic governments, freedom of thought, and religion, respectively.
Throughout his life Thomas Paine encouraged free thinking and standing up for one's beliefs. He believed that all people have the right to be free. Paine exposed his thoughts to the world through his Writing. He had a profound influence on the American Revolution and on many people in America and Europe. Thomas Paine proved that it does not matter what class you are born into, or how great a formal education you receive. What matters is what is in your mind and heart.