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AP British Literature - Restoration Era
Swift, Pope, Burns, and Blake - 1660-1798
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11th Grade
03/02/2011

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importune
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to press or beset solicitations; demand urgency or persistence
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prodigious
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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc
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deplorable
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causing or being subject for grief or regret; lamentable
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rudiment
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the elements or first principles of a subject; a mere beginning, first sight appearance, an undeveloped imperfect form of something
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prolific
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producing offspring/fruit/etc abundantly, in large quantities
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collateral
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Noun, security pledged for the payment of a loan.

Adjective, additional, confirming, accompanying; auxiliary
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deference
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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc of another
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scrupulous
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having or showing strict regard for what one considers right
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animosity
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a strong feeling of dislike, ill will, or enmity to display itself in action
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effectual
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producing or ability to produce a desired effect
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inclemency
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the state of being inclement (physically severe; severe in temper or action)
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despondent
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feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
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encumbrance
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something that encumbers (impediment, burden); a claim against property
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emulation
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ambitious of envious rivalry; ambition or endeavor to equal or excel other (as in achievement); imitation
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enumeration
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to ascertain the number of; to list something
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propagation
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the act of propagating as: increase in numbers, spreading of a belief, or enlargement or extension in a solid body
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expedients
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suitable for achieving a particular gain (circumstance); characterized by concern with what is opportune, especially by self-governed interest
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dates of Restoration Era
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1660-1798
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why did the Restoration era begin?
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1660 - when the Stuart family returned from exile and reoccupies the British throne - starts with King Charles II
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what did people want in this era?
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political stability.
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what was wrong with James II and his son James III?
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they were Catholic, not Protestant. England didn't keep them as rulers.
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what was wrong with King George I and King George II
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they couldn't speak English; they were from Germany! so they ended up giving most of the power to Parliament (though king stays highly influential)
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who countries make up Great Britain?
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England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland

(England being most important, Ireland being least)
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why was Ireland the least important of the 4 countries that make up Great Britain?
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England was a commercial country yet it wasn't abundant in natural resources. So instead they exploited Ireland and treated it like a colony only out for economic and monetary gain. This spawned a hate between the two.
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tabula kasa
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you know what you experience
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what is the seven classes in English hierarchy (1709)
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Great
Rich
Middle Sort
Working Trades
Country People
Poor
Miserable
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Dissenters
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minority of people who did not belong to the Anglican Church and were some of the greatest writers
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Restoration (literature)
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influenced by French classics; "wit"
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Age of Pope (literature)
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satire, concern for moral analysis
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Age of Johnson (literature)
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rise of the novel, actual life over imaginary worlds
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what ends the Restoration era?
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John Dryden's death in 1700
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(who) brought French influence, (five things), to England
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Charles's court writers
wit, elegance, literary tastes, strict order, and regularity
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