the restoration unit test Flashcards
How did the Church of England regain its power?
When Stuart King Charles 2 was returned to the throne in 1660
The life of the aristocratic courtier became the model for what?
A sophisticated age of taste, refinement, and luxury.
What opened and what declined?
London theaters opened and arts declined.
What became increasingly widespread and what did it cause?
Religious persecution, and it caused many dissenters to immigrate to other countries in search of religious freedom.
What was the bloodless revolution?
When King James 2 was kicked out of parliament because Charles 2 (his brother) died without an heir, leaving James to the thrown, and since he was Catholic English political leaders feared domination by Rome.
Who took King James 2 place?
His daughter Mary and Dutch husband, William of Orange (they attacked him). 1689.
another name for bloodless revolution
Glorious revolution
What were writers focusing on more as the eighteenth century progressed?
On values and concerns associated with middle-class rather than upper-class life.
What did these new concerns include?
thrift, work, domestic relations, and social respectability.
What new forms of writing were there?
Journalism, novels
What is journalism?
where they reported on contemporary social and political events and urged improvement in public manners and morals.
What audience were novels mostly for whom?
an eager audience: women
Despite the loss of the loss of the American colonies, what did the British colonies do?
they established new settlements around the globe.
What did scientific and rational explanations of phenomena gradually begin to affect?
People’s religious views
Why did people from England and Europe start going to North America?
- freedoms Dom religious and political persecution
- they saw money being made in the American continents rich land and forests- in furs, tobacco, and timber for British sailing ships
