ENGL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Code, New Idea, Test Act
25 Dec 2016
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1660: charles ii restored to the english throne. 1688-89: the glorious revolution: deposition of james ii and accession of william of orange. 1707: act of union unites scotland and england, creating the nation of great britain . 1714: rule by house of hanover begins with accession of george i. 1744-5: deaths of alexander pope and johnathan swift. Great britain became a single nation after 1707, when the act of union joined scotland to. England and wales: after prolonged civil and religious strife of 17th c. , britain attained political stability and unprecedented commercial vigor. Change came most dramatically to cities which absorbed much of the national pop. that nearly doubled in the period: britons came together in civil society. Public, but nongovernmental institutions and practices that became newly powerful in the period: reflecting this, an expanding assortment of printed works vied to interest literate women and men.
