Pace 6 History Flashcards
greatest influence in making Great Britain head of a world empire
Industrial Revolution
united Scotland, England, and Wales to form Great Britain
Act of Union
Augustan Age (year)
1700 - 1745
Augustan Age synonymous
Neoclassic Age
Augustan Age influence on literature
make literature available to poorer people
more people could read
The danger of Enlightenment thinking
its emphasis on man’s reasoning instead of God’s wisdom
Neoclassic literature
patterned Roman classical literature
focused on man’s relationships in society rather than on his individuality
included periodical essays and satires
satire
attacking some vice or foolishness through ridicule
Enlightenment
emphasized man’s reasoning
periodical essay
forerunner of modern newspaper
John Locke wrote
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke
author of The Tatler and The spectator
Joseph Addison, Richard Steele
Joseph Addison, Richard Steele wrote
The Tatler and The spectator
Jonathan Swift wrote
Gulliver’s Travels
author of Gulliver’s Travels
Jonathan Swift
was the British monarch during the American War of Independence
George III
two political parties of the eighteenth century
Whigs and Tories
Augustan Age types of literature
periodical essay
hymns
Great Awakening literature
novel
Pope wrote
The Rape of the Lock
The spiritual decline that followed the rejection of Godly morality introduced by
the Puritans
a movement contrary to Enlightenment philosophy
Great Awakening
most quoted author after Shakespeare
Alexander Pope
contributed much to new literary forms of the Augustan Age
freedom of the press (1695)
