The Restoration (British History) period in England

1. The
Restoration
Simón Araya
Claudia Vásquez

2. • Politics: The monarchy returned to power, but they
had to share their authority with Parliament.
• Royal Court: Charles II brought sophistication and
splendor from the court of Louis XIV (France) to
England.
• Social life: The coffehouses and salons were built as a
place to gather of writers, artists, politicians and
other members of society to share and exchange
ideas, gossips and conduct buissneses.

3. Great Britain is formed by: England, Wales, Scotland
• 1660: The monarchy is restored with the crowning of
Charles II
• 1665: Great Plague of London killed many people.
• 1687: Sir Isaac Newton published the “Law of gravity”
• Charles II governed until 1685.
• Reign of George III 1760-1820
• Lady Mary Wortley introduces the inoculation
• in England
• In 1702 Scotland was united with England to
• form Great Britain
• (during Anne’s reign)

4. • Louis XIV built the Grand Palace of Versailles
(he died excecuted in 1793)
• Britain defeats France in the 7 years war (French and Indian
war) gaining French Canada
• Robert Walpole was the first political leader to be the prime
minister
• American Independence was acknowledge in the Treaty of
Paris in 1783
Robert Walpole Louis XIV

5. •The Age of Reason: People used •Writers of this period often
reason, not faith, to make sense used satire to bring attention to
of the world (use reasoning to the problems of the day.
understand the world).
Women were as interested in new
ideas as men were, but they were
excluded from the public arenas
where men enjoyed lively
discussions

6. Charles II
His Brother
He wanted to restore Parliament forced him
Roman Catholicism as
England’s state religion
James II to abdicate his throne.
Glorious Revolution
His Daughter His Son-in-law
Mary William
Died during her reign Ruled alone after
Mary died

7. • Mainly the writings were:
essays, novels, autobiographies.
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was the first
English novel published.
• “Two treatises on Government "published natural rights
of life, liberty and property
• Rise of women writers (enlightenment)

8. Journalism
• Prose
• Reflections about ordinary people
• Variety of topics: gosips, opinions, mocked.
• Neoclasisism : new satire.

9. Charles II returned to England
Share the authority with Parliament
The monarchy knew how Brought splendor and
to handle a series of sophistication to England
disasters like the Great Relative stability which he saw while exiled
Plague and the great fire in France.
of London.
The middle class grew and
prospered
Ordinary men and women
had more
money, leisure, and
education that ever before