ENGL 2174- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 21 pages long!)
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Restoration and 18th century in britain: politics and. William of orange/ queen mary(daughter of james. Divided yet stable society (anglicans vs. dissenters, landed interest vs. monied interest, royalists vs. jacobites) Develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of the state a(cid:374)d it"s (cid:271)ureau(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y. 1707: act of union with scotland (britannia: 1660: restoration. Return of charles ii following the english civil wars. 1st decade following restoration- risings, plots, plague, and fire. Fears of the latent catholicism in the stuart dynasty: 1688: the glorious revolution. Fears of the catholic sympathies of james ii, triggered by the birth of his male heir. Willia(cid:373) of ora(cid:374)ge (cid:894)ja(cid:373)es" so(cid:374)-in-law) brought from the. Increased the importance of the parliament: cultivation of civil society (civility) Less than 50% of the population worked in agriculture by 1750. English 2174: dr. katarina gephardt: the middling classes. Middle classes imitate the aristocracy; things as indicators of status.
