The Restoration

1660-1785

-expansion of English territory (which became known as Great Britain in the Act of Union in 1707)
-Newspapers became common and news spread quickly, population increased, slave trade became common, and a newly inspired interest in E.T. life was spurred through the discovery of the microscope.
-Also, an interest in distant regions (which is mocked in Gulliver's Travels)

The Restoration refers to the historic event when the English monarchy, Scottish monarchy, and Irish monarchy were restored under King Charles II after the English Civil War.

--Ashley Smith