Respond to the following sets of questions (each with a 8 sentence, minimum, answer) below:

-Who were the authors of these texts (make reasoned speculations)? What kind of people were they (status, identity, etc.)? When were these texts written? What kind of texts are they (e.g. diary? pamphlet? law code? secondary scholarly source?)? What are each of these texts “doing” (What are these texts describing? What are these texts arguing? Why would the author write these texts?)?

-Attempt to interpret the data: what is happening to the English economy? to English politics? How do these trends reflect phenomena from the Glorious Revolution onward?

Respond to the following sets of questions (each with a 8 sentence, minimum, answer) below:

-Who were the authors of these texts (make reasoned speculations)? What kind of people were they (status, identity, etc.)? When were these texts written? What kind of texts are they (e.g. diary? pamphlet? law code? secondary scholarly source?)? What are each of these texts “doing” (What are these texts describing? What are these texts arguing? Why would the author write these texts?)?

-What do the Sacheverell riots reveal about English politics, society and religion? What were they about and what problems with the revolutionary settlement do they reflect?

-Locke was a radical in his own day and few people would go as far he would, however…What Restoration-Revolution problems was Locke dealing with? How were his accounts seeking to resolve them? In what ways is Locke similar to Hobbes?

Respond to the following sets of questions (each with a 8 sentence, minimum, answer) below:

**James’ Issuance of Toleration, Bill of Rights and Toleration Act**

-How do these legal decisions reflect attempts to solve questions of sovereignty, role of law, and use of religion that mounted during Charles II’s rule? In what ways do these represent a revolution in English politics? In what ways do they mark continuity?

-Compared with James’ issuance of toleration, how does the Toleration Act reflect constitutional issues and religious politics in England?

 

**Historical views of James II, William III, and the Glorious Revolution**

-How do these views differ? How do they understand “the Glorious Revolution” as an event in English history? Why did James fall and William succeed?

Respond to the following sets of questions (each with a 8 sentence, minimum, answer) below:

-Who were the authors of these texts (make reasoned speculations)? What kind of people were they (status, identity, etc.)? When were these texts written? What kind of texts are they (e.g. diary? pamphlet? law code? secondary scholarly source?)? What are each of these texts “doing” (What are these texts describing? What are these texts arguing? Why would the author write these texts?)?

-How do the issues of monarchical prerogative and succession reveal changes in the English monarchy? What is the relationship between crown and parliament? What are the tensions in English society?

-Compare the theological motifs between Bunyan’s Autobiography and Tillotson’s sermon. What are the issues they seem to be grappling with in describing the topics of salvation and scripture? What might be some of the background issues they are responding to?