ENGL 1411 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Formosan Languages, Military Technology, Child Labour
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Eighteenth century: empire and the enlightenment (how england saw itself vs the rest of the world) End of the english civil war (1651) Has to do with how england thinks of itself as protestant. Argument of who was to rule based on religion. England: maritime (island, needed strong protection, technology and better ships for navigating), protestant (aka not catholic), middle class (bourgeoisie: had more authority on running the country), commercial (trade, merchants, investors), democratic (free, of the people) Spain and france vs england because of religion. Less internal strife and more political warfare with others: spain, france, No more fighting within, now fighting with others. The rise of print culture and the public sphere (the first coffeehouse appeared in england 1650) Peak of transatlantic slave trade (18th century) The nineteenth century: romanticism, orientalism, and the industrial revolution. American revolution (1776); french revolution (1789); the haitian revolution (1791) American revolution - no impact of england.
