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17th and 18th CenturiesTurbulent Times
  • 1625
  • 1798

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Rulers of the Era (1625-1798)
  • James I 1603-1625
  • first Stuart
  • Ruled after Elizabeth I (the last Tudor)
  • Son of Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Charles I (1625-1649)
  • Son of James I
  • Ruled by Divine Right
  • Civil War (1642-1649)
  • Cavaliers vs. Roundheads
  • Beheaded
  • Oliver Cromwell (1649-1659)
  • Puritan leader
  • Commonwealth / Lord Protector

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Rulers of the Era (the Restoration)
  • Charles II (1660-1685)
  • Merry Monarch
  • Son of Charles I
  • Fathered many illegitimate children
  • Plague and Great Fire of London
  • James II 1685-1688)
  • Brother of Charles II
  • Hated for persecuting Protestants
  • The Glorious Revolution (1688)
  • William of Orange asked to take throne
  • Ruled jointly with Mary (daughter of James II)

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Rulers of the Era (1625-1798)
  • William of Orange and Mary (1689-1702)
  • Anne (1702-1714)
  • Second daughter of James I
  • 17 children all died
  • Hanover House (1714-1901)
  • George I (1714-1727)
  • From Germany
  • George II (1727-1760)
  • George III (1760-1820)
  • American Revolution

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Names for the Era
  • English Civil War
  • Puritans vs. Royalist / Cavaliers vs. Roundheads
  • English Commonwealth
  • Oliver Cromwell
  • Restoration
  • Following Cromwells death Charles II takes
    throne
  • Glorious Revolution
  • Charles II replaced by William of Orange and Mary
    II

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Names for the Era
  • Agricultural Revolution
  • Farm tools produced more crops
  • Industrial Age
  • Steam engine and power loom
  • The Enlightenment
  • Sir Isaac Newton
  • Age of Reason
  • John Locke

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Founding of the Church of England
  • (1509-1660)
  • Secession from Catholic Church Henry VIII
  • Reformed by Protestant Reformation Edward VI
  • Returned to Catholicism Mary I
  • Reestablished Elizabeth I
  • Warred Over Charles I and Cromwell
  • Restored Charles II

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Social Advancements
  • Growth of the merchant class
  • Power of Parliament
  • Bill of Rights
  • Population growth
  • Industrial inventions
  • Scientific revolution
  • Enlightened thinking

9
The debate about women
Eves Apology in Defense of Women Amelia Lanier
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Haves and have nots
  • The Aristocrats
  • The Working Class

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Literary Advancements
  • Continued growth of the theatre
  • Continued expansion of poetic forms
  • Creation of metaphysical poetry i.e.
    intellectual poetry
  • Writing of epic religious poetry
  • Poetry used for social commentary
  • Growth of satire
  • Invention of the novel
  • Advancements in etymology

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Major Writers of the Era
  • John Milton
  • Paradise Lost
  • Jonathan Swift
  • A Modest Proposal
  • Gullivers Travels
  • Alexander Pope
  • The Rape of the Lock

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Major Writers of the Era
  • Samuel Johnson
  • Dictionary of the English Language
  • Ben Jonson
  • Carpe Diem poetry
  • Samuel Richardson
  • Pamela

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Major Writers of the Era
  • Thomas Gray
  • Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
  • Robert Herrick
  • To the Virgins to Make Much of Time
  • Andrew Marvel
  • To His Coy Mistress

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Major writers of the era
  • Joseph Addison
  • The Spectator
  • Richard Steele
  • The Tatler

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What fueled the era
COFFEE!!!
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