The restoration of the monarchy

Charles II

- Exile in France.

- Monarchy restoration in 1660.

- Court devoted to pleasures.

- rational interests in reality.

- Bubonic plague outbreak and Great Fire of London.

- France aid and Treaty of Dover.

- Catholic restoration in Britain.

- James succession.

James II

- Father of Mary and Anne.

- Married Mary of Modena.

- Fear of another Civil War.

- Arrival of William of Orange and Glorius Revolution.

- William and Mary became joint monarchs.

- Introduction of various acts: the Toleration Act, the Bill of Rights, the Petition of Rights and the act of Settlement. 

- Anne became queen.

Queen Anne

- Popular and Anglican queen.

- Act of union and Parliament of Westminister

- Emergence of the British Empire.

- Web of trading with American Colonies.

- George I succeded to Anne.

George I

- Relied upon the amdinistration of a Cabinet.

- Sir Robert Walpole became Prime Minister.

- Birth of Coffe Houses.

George II

-Succeded George I in 1727

- Charles Edward Stuart raised a rebellion.

- William Pitt became Prime Minister.

- Mercantilism and New middle class.

Coffe Houses

- Coffe Houses as a primitive Internet.

- Political information, pamphlets, gossip, etc.

- Place for great minds meeting.

- 500 coffe houses by 1700 in London.

- Different type of coffe houses for different interests.

- Importance of coffe houses in the evolution of writing style.