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Restoration (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (The Augustan Age (In this period the…

- - - - Parliament appealed to William Orange,that came in England with an army against James II,in1688
        
        The overthowing of the king was know as the Glorious Revolution
        
        Important political changes were introduced without any bloodshed
        
        After the Revolution,many laws that limited the power of the king were introduced,for example the Bill of Rights
  - - - They represented the old aristocracy and the Church of England
    - - They represented the middle classes
  - - - Many groups refused the church of England and left for the New World in America.
  - - - Walpole was in power from 1721 to 1742;he attempt to bring financial stability and he contributed about manufacturing industries,commerce and agricolture
    - - The Catholics tried to restore to the throne James Stuart
        
        Both rebellions failed because nobody wanted the return of a Catholic monarch
    - - He spoke no English and spent little time in England,so he was very unpopular
  - - - the Austrian War of Succession(1743-48)
        
        No advantages for England
      - the Seven Years' War(1756-63)
        
        England extended control over North America and India
- - - - His work was pessimistic and claimed an undivided monarchy
  - - - ''Nullius in Verba'' was the motto of the Royal Society; it meant that the truth of scientific words had to be verified through experiment
      - Members of the society aimed at gathering knowledge which could be useful for the public good
  - - - The new readers wanted to read about their world and their environment
    - - Jonathan Swift, that used satire and humour
      - Samuel Richardson, whose most famous novel is Pamela
      - Daniel Defoe, the creator of realistic fiction
      - Henry Fielding, the author of Tom Jones
      - Laurence Sterne, that wrote the anti-novel Tristram Shandy
    - - Imitating life and everyday settings and situations as central themes
      - Ordinary people as characters
      - Simple and factual language