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1. It was when Charles II became king in 1660, and ending the Protestant interregnum. It also included that Monarchy was restored and Parliament was meeting again.

2. There was a significant political change in th 17th century, King George had prime minister Robert Walpole had formed the cabinet system of ministers chosen from Parliament to aid the king. This would set forth a precedent for the future.

3. It was called the era of Enlightenment or age of reason because people like Sir Isaac Newton had come up with heavy theories on how laws of motion and gravity all came into play. Immanuel Kant had a philosophy held that knowledge is a combination of sensation and understanding. John Locke who was a writer, doctor, and philosopher published the Two Treatises of Government which disputed the divine right of kings and popularized the idea of natural rights.

4. Neoclassicists is when the people of the Enlightenment era rediscovered classic works of the ancient greeks and romans. The neoclassical literature made use of classical forms of allusions and promoted ideals of harmony, tradition, and reason.

5. Age of Dryden, the Age of Opope, and the Age of Johnson. The Age of Dryden began with teh restoration of the monarchy and ended with the death of writer John Dryden. Dryden wrote many plays, poems, and essays. He is famous for "Mac Flecknoe" which is an epic because of its grand scope and lofty language.
The Age of Pope also called the Augustan age was the peak of period of Neoclassicism. The work of Alexander Pope an admired poet of his time, was representative of his style of employing wit, rationality and balance in his poetry.
The age of Johnson named after Samuel Johnson the most famous writer of his generation, brideges the span between the Enlightenment and the Romantic Age. Johnson who was a master of many forms of writing include poetry, literary criticism and prose fiction.