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Restoration and the 18th Century- History
A.P. English Test (1660-1798)
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English
12th Grade
02/27/2011

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Charles II Reign
Definition

1660-1685

"Merry Monarch"

opened theatres, influenced by french

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Royal Society
Definition
1662
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Bubonic Plague
Definition
1665
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Great Fire
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1666

 

-town rebuilt in a neoclassical way

-Greek buildings

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Cabal Formed

(predecessor of English Cabinet)

Definition
1667
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Secret Treaty of Dover
Definition
1670
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English Popet
Definition
1678
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Charles II dies in what year?
Definition
1685
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James II reign
Definition
1685-1688
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What 3 things did James II do?
Definition

1. Revokes all laws against Catholics

2. Became first Catholic ruler since Mary

3. Flees country with the birth of first Catholic son after glorious revolution

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William and Mary reign

(1st Cousins)

Definition
1689-1702
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Glorious Revolution
Definition
parliament overthrows James II; no bloodshed
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Toleration Act of 1689
Definition
Freedom of Worship; worship anything as long as its not catholic; took place during William and Mary's reign
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Act of Settlement
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1701- no Catholic monarch
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Queen Anne Reign
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1702-1714;last stuart queen
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Act of Union 1707
Definition
England and Scotland united under Queen Anne
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George I reign
Definition
1714-1727
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New parliament elected(Whigs)
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1714
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Jacobite Rebellion
Definition
1715
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Defoe writes Robinson Crusoe
Definition
1719
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Robert Walpoe becomes first prime minister
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1721
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Jonathan Swift writes Gulliver's Travels
Definition
1726
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George II reign
Definition
1727-1760
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Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland
Definition
1745
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England changes to Gregorian Calendar
Definition
1752
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1st English Dictionary
Definition
1755
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French-Indian War
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1755-1763
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George III reign
Definition
1760-1820
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French Revolution
Definition
1789
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3 Reasons to come to America
Definition

1. Religious Freedon

2. Make $

3. Convicts were sent to America

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