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SAncona - Literature of The Restoration: Events
by SAncona - (2009-05-05)
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  • 1649 -- Charles I was executed
  • 1650 -- Cromwell established Commonwealth
  • 1658 -- Cromwell's death
  • 1660 -- The Restoration: Charles II returned from France and the monarchy was established
  • 1688 -- The Glorious Revolution: James II was deposed from the throne. William of Orange married Mary, James' daughters
  • 1707 -- Act of Union between the English and the Scottish and Parliament's power was increased
  • 1714 -- House of Hannover: new dynasty. Anna, the last Stuart sovereign, died. The new king was George I 
  • 1764- 1775 -- Open fields began privates: the family economy began industrial economy because of an agrarian and industrial Revolution
  • 1776 -- Declaration of Independence: America is independent from Great Britain
  • 1789 -- The French Revolution