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The Restoration and the Augustan Age (1660 - 1760), CHARLES II (1660 -…

- - - - 1689 THE TOLERATION ACT
        
        1689 THE BILL OF RIGHTS
        
        THE PETITION OF RIGHTS
        
        THE TRIENNAL ACT
        
        1701 THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT
        
        1694 Mary died -> her sister Anne became queen
    - - English and Anglican
      - 1702 ACT OF UNION ->
        The United Kingdom of Great Britain
        single Parliament in Westminster
      - 1713 TREATY OF UTRECHT with France
      - England started EMERGING
      - GEORGE I HANOVER ( 1714 - 1727
        
        reign dominated by TWO OPPOSITES PARTIES
        Sr Walpole = the most powerful minister
        
        anti-war government
        
        promotion of trade
        
        Golden age of POLITICAL DEBATE and LIBERAL THOUGHT -> Coffee houses
        
        METHODISM (new religious movement)
        
        GEORGE II (1727 -1760)
        
        1739 London's ocean trade damaged by Spanish pirates
        
        A war broke out :
        1740- 1748 WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
        
        1745 REBELLION IN SCOTLAND
        James Stuart's grandson, Charles, claimed the right to throne. He lost
        
        NEW MIDDLE CLASS started seeking profits all over the world
        
        1756 SEVEN YEAR WAR BROKE OUT , fought in three continents (Europe, North America, India)
        Led to an extension of the reign