The Restoration

1. The Glorious revolution took place in 1688. it was the overthrow of King James II of England. The people disliked King James because of his Catholic religion. He began to try and force the Catholic belief in all the churches. When he fathered a son, people worried their would be a Catholic dynasty in the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. That began the Glorious Revolution. The only way to overthrow a king was to behead them. This revolution, is also called the bloodless revolution. The people where able to scare the King enough to run him off instead of having to behead him.



The people feared having a Catholic king. The people also feared that since he had a son, they would continue to be ruled by a Catholic king. People were frightened because of their past experience with "bloody Mary" and thought that all Catholic rulers would go out killing Protestants. It was imprtant to get rid of the king so that they would not have to go through that situation again. Since then, they have not had another Catholic king.


2. Satire is a form of writing, and it often uses some one's disadvantages and turns them comical. Sarcasm, parody, irony, exaggeration, etc. are commonly used in satire writing. The sitcom Reba is a form of satire. The sitcom shows different life issues that people go through all the time, but they make it a joke in a way. By making little jokes whether the situation huge and serious or whether its minor.

3. In A Modest proposal, the author is suggesting a solution to all the homeless, starving, Irish kids. He states how these kids walk around with their parent(s) and beg for food. So, instead of leaving them to starve, why not just buy them from their parent(s) and fatten them up, then eat them. he states that, "...a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled;" This is a very satirical form of writing. The author is using a huge amount or sarcasm to address this issue. He carries on about the issue as if it is a joke, as if that hoenstly how he expects people to really handle the situation. He is trying to make the English realize and open their eyes to how poorly they treated the Irish.

4. From a Journal of the Plague Year, its about the recurrence of the plague and describes different things that went on, and it goes into describing how people reacted to it. Some just kept to themselves and died, while others started to act manically. They would kill themselves, or others, "...throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting themselves, etc.; mothers murdering their own children in their lunacy,..." It also talks about a certain citizen, who comes to stay the night at the Pied Bull Inn. The area was free of the infection and he swore not to be infected. However, the text states that, "Upon which, not the maid, but some other person was sent up to see after him, who, coming into the room, found him stark dead and almost cold, stretched out across the bed." After that the infection began to spread their, "...bringing the infection to the house, spread it immediately to other houses round about it..." It goes into detail in a few different cases of the infected. Until finally coming to an end of the plague.

5. I believe that it was important for people to start again fresh with a new begining during this time. They went through a lot. I mean overthrowing a king and dealigng with the recurrence of the plague, It was definitely time time for them to better themselves. They wanted to come into a more realistic time, which is why diaries and journals became popular. Like from a journal of the plague year. It's a journal that documents what happened during the plague.