Century, with various elements such as colonial clothing, navigation tools, and symbols of exploration and scientific progress of the time.

Union with Scotland (1707): During the reign of Anne, England and Scotland were united under one parliament, although Scotland retained some religious autonomy.

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714): England, to contain France, participated in this war with the Grand Alliance. He won, gaining territory and confirming his naval supremacy.

George I and the rise of the Whigs: When he took the throne in 1714, George I delegated much power to the Whigs, especially to Robert Walpole, the actual prime minister and advocate of parliamentary supremacy.

Whig oligarchy: The Whig government was characterized by electoral corruption and limited representation, but it guaranteed stability, religious tolerance and commercial freedom.

Colonial expansion: England consolidated its colonial presence in North America and India during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), confirming itself as a world colonial power.

George III and the American War of Independence (1775-1783): The attempt to maintain control over the American colonies ended with their independence, recognized in 1783. This defeat weakened the monarchy and brought William Pitt the Younger to power.

Agricultural revolution and industrialization: The growth of agriculture and fences, which impoverished small-scale owners, prepared the ground for the future English industrial revolution, Leading to the decline of farmer self-consumption and the expansion of commercial agriculture.

Daniel Defoe was born in 1660 into a family of dissenters.

His father wanted a religious career for him, but he started to write political essays and pamphlets.

Became famous but the queen Ann did not like his critical attitude.

Arrested him and he denied his whig ideas.

he became a secret agent for the new government.

At 60 years old he started to write very novels: Robinson Crusoe, Colonel Jack and Roxana.

His novel are fictional autobiografies and the character are presented from the inside.

In 1694, Swift returned to Ireland, where he became an Anglican priest and later the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. For the next thirty years, he lived in Dublin, opposing the Whig government and defending Ireland. He also gave a significant portion of his income to the Catholic poor.

Swift wrote fewer works for a time but returned to public writing with The Drapier's Letters (1724-25), a series of pamphlets protesting a new coinage proposal that would harm Ireland's economy. In 1726, he published his masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, a satirical exploration of human nature. His 1729 pamphlet, A Modest Proposal, used bitter irony to suggest that the Irish poor should sell their children as food for the wealthy, highlighting the dire poverty in Ireland.

In his later years, Swift’s health declined, and he died in 1745, leaving a legacy as one of the greatest satirists in English literature.

Details of the first edition:

-Year of publication: 1719.

-Full title: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

-Publisher: The first edition was published anonymously, and has been attributed to Defoe. The book was printed in London, but its exact first edition has been printed in a limited number.

Curiosity:

-Although the book was presented as an autobiographical story of a shipwreck, it was written in novel form and is not based on real events.

-The publication was an immediate success, so much so that Defoe wrote a continuation of The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe in 1719, just months after the first volume.