Dr. Thomas Young was an American radical during the American Revolutionary War who advocated for independence from Britain. He was a participant in the Boston Tea Party along with Paul Revere, and was a member of the Continental Congress. Combatants American Patriots France Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida and Tuscarora tribes Polish volunteers Prussian volunteers Kingdom of Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy Hessian mercenaries Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de Gálvez Tadeusz Kościuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben King George... The Boston Tea Party was a direct action protest by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks on ships in Boston Harbor. ... For the song by the Beastie Boys, see Paul Revere (song). ...

Young was a mentor for Ethan Allen and was mentored politically by Samuel Adams, with whom he had a number of public correspondences. He also suggested the name of Vermont for the new state north of Massachusetts, which was originally called New Connecticut. The reasoning in his letter to the Vermont Constitutional Convention in 1777 was that most of Vermont was in the Green Mountains, and he chose to combine "vert" (green) with "mont" (mountain) to honor the Green Mountain Boys. Young named several cities in New York state, including New Windsor and Amenia. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Samuel Adams (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  Ranked 45th  - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 km²)  - Width 80 miles (130 km)  - Length 160 miles (260 km)  - % water 3. ... The Green Mountains may refer to: The Green Mountains in Vermont in the United States extending into southern Quebec in Canada. ... The Green Mountain Boys was historically, the militia of the Vermont Republic. ... New Windsor is the name of several places in the United States of America: New Windsor, Maryland New Windsor, New York There was a royal borough of New Windsor in England; which was later amalgamated into the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. ... Amenia may refer to: Amenia (town), New York Amenia, North Dakota Amenia (CDP), New York This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Young lived at various points in New York state, Boston, Connecticut, and Philadelphia. Young, like Thomas Paine, advocated for a strongly democratic Pennsylvania constitution. Young favored the working class and western farmers, and he supported a redistribution of wealth clause in the proposed constitution that was later removed by more conservative influences. Still, Young supported the final result and suggested to Vermont's constitutional convention that Vermont's constitution be modeled on the Pennsylvania one, which it was. Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 – 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical intellectual, and deist. ...

The medical profession in revolutionary America was in flux, and there was a lack of licensing. Young supported creating a licensing regime run by state legislatures, and published his defense of the medical profession in a Boston newspaper.

Sources

• World Almanac -- Vermont naming
• A Right to Bear Arms: State and Federal Bills of Rights and Constitutional Guarantees
• Boston's Old South Meeting House Site provides information on the Boston Tea Party and Young's involvement.
• The New York State Museum has a nice site on Dr. Young, including the fact that he was the first signer of the Sons of Liberty's constitution.
• Reason and Revolution: The Radicalism of Dr. Thomas Young, P. Maier, American Quarterly, 1976.