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peaceful development in the 18th century. The upper classes wanted no religious enthusiasts and revolutionaries. They believed in reason. This rational approach to social and literary problems have given it the title of ―The Age of Reason‖, while the desire for perfect form which resulted in adaptations of Greek and Latin models has caused it to be called ―The Neoclassic Age.‖

2）The Glorious Revolution (1688)

3) After that England gradually became a constitutional monarchy, and power passed from the king to the parliament and the cabinet.

4）Religious Conflicts，Finally England was firmly established as a dominantly Protestant nation. they glorified reason and so rejected the so-called ―revealed‖ religious truth.

5）The Rapid Expanding of the British Empire