MSU Eng 12 Dates Condensed
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17 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 750 CE | BEOWULF probably written. |
| 1340-1400 | GOEFFREY CHAUCER. Author of "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 1660-1800 | AGE OF SATIRE. |
| 1660 | THE RESTORATION. James I's son Charles II is brought back to throne. The church of England is reestablished. |
| 1688 | THE "GLORIOUS" or "BLOODLESS" REVOLUTION. Mary (protestant) & her husband William III of Holland replace James II (the Catholic freak). |
| 1689 | BILL OF RIGHTS. Declares Parliment supreme over the crown and guarantees civil liberties. |
| 1775-1783 | ENGLAND AND THE AMERICAN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE begins and ends when? America gets independence from Britian; The "great experiment" of democracy begins. |
| 1775-1817 | JANE AUSTEN. At 21 wrote "First Impressions" which later became "Pride and Prejudice". Dies of Addison's disease at 42. |
| 1805 | Jane Austen's father dies. |
| 1789-1793 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Political upheaval of France's absolute monarchy. Feudalism destroyed, new ideas of citizenship and rights. Ends with Execution of king and Marie Antoinette. |
| 1804-1814 | THE NAPOLEONIC WARS |
| 1811-1820 | REGENCY ENGLAND. The age of Elegance and Display. King George III is King, but he has a mental illness and can't rule |
| 1813 | PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is first published. |
| 1589 | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Shakespeare) is written |
| 1673 | THE TEST ACT: all civil servants must take communion in an Anglican church and deny belief in transubstantiation. |
| 1793-1794 | REIGN OF TERROR by Robespierre (England turns against revolution and declares war) |
| 1795 | NAPOLEON BONAPARTE comes to power (belief is that strong general can hold off royalism and foreign attacks) |
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