Georgian era

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The Georgian era was a period of British history from the early 18th to early 19th century marked by the reigns of the first four King Georges and characterized by expanding empire, Enlightenment thought, and distinctive architecture and arts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical era
period of British history
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
endTime 1830
followedBy Georgian era self-linksurface differs
surface form: Regency era

Victorian era
follows Stuart period
surface form: Late Stuart era

Stuart period
hasCharacteristic Bloody Code criminal laws
Blue and Buff Whig fashion
Enlightenment thought
Georgian social dancing
Methodist churches
surface form: Methodist movement

Palladian revival
antiquarian interest in the past
assembly rooms culture
china and porcelain collecting
classical education ideals
coffee and tea consumption
coffeehouse culture
coffeehouse political debate
coffeehouse-based financial trading
country house culture
development of English landscape garden style
development of banking and finance
development of museums and collections
development of party politics
distinctive architecture
duelling culture
early railways
enclosure of common lands
evangelical revival
expansion of legal profession
expansion of parliamentary power
fashion for Grand Tour
growth of industrial towns
growth of insurance industry
growth of medical profession
growth of newspapers
growth of print culture
growth of professional classes
growth of public concerts
growth of public theatres
growth of slavery-based plantation economy in colonies
growth of the middle class
import of sugar and tobacco
impressment in the Royal Navy
improvement in policing in London
improvement in roads and canals
increased literacy
interest in classical antiquity
landscape gardening
mapping and surveying of Britain
naval supremacy
neoclassical style
overseas colonial expansion
patriarchal family structure
patronage system in politics
planned squares in cities
polite society norms
politeness and refinement ideals
press gangs for naval service
primogeniture in inheritance
rapid urbanization
reform movements
religious pluralism
rise of Romanticism in later years
rise of abolitionist movement
rise of consumer culture
rise of philanthropic movements
rise of seaside resorts
rise of the novel
rotten boroughs
salon culture
satirical art and literature
scientific exploration and voyages
scientific societies
spa town culture
stock market speculation
terraced housing development
transition from Baroque to neoclassical arts
transportation of convicts to colonies
turnpike trusts
hasPart Agricultural Revolution in Britain
American Revolutionary War
Scottish Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment in Britain

Industrial Revolution
Napoleonic Wars
Seven Years' War
reign of George I of Great Britain
reign of George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: reign of George III of the United Kingdom

reign of George IV of the United Kingdom
namedAfter George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
George IV of the United Kingdom
significantEvent Acts of Union 1800
French Revolutionary Wars
Gordon Riots
Irish Rebellion of 1798
Peterloo Massacre
Acts of Union 1800
surface form: Union with Ireland

abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire
expansion of the British Empire in India
loss of the Thirteen Colonies
startTime 1714

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Hoxton Academy historicalPeriod Georgian era
John Rich era Georgian era
Jack Sheppard era Georgian era
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The Heiress literaryPeriod Georgian era
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Alexander Leslie historicalPeriod Georgian era
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George Austen (brother) era Georgian era
Georgian hasSubstyle Georgian era
subject surface form: Georgian architecture
this entity surface form: Early Georgian
Georgian hasSubstyle Georgian era
subject surface form: Georgian architecture
this entity surface form: Late Georgian
Georgian relatedTo Georgian era
subject surface form: Georgian architecture
Charles Green era Georgian era
Foxite Whigs historicalPeriod Georgian era
Regency era hasPart Georgian era
this entity surface form: late Georgian era
Regency era follows Georgian era
Canonbury hasPeriod Georgian era
John Chute timePeriod Georgian era
Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam in Harlots timePeriod Georgian era
subject surface form: Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam
Brunswick Square hasHistoricalEra Georgian era
G. G. and J. Robinson timePeriod Georgian era
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling setting Georgian era
this entity surface form: Georgian England
Henrietta Street significantPeriod Georgian era
Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal historicalPeriod Georgian era
this entity surface form: Georgian period
Kingston Parade hasHistoricalPeriod Georgian era
Thomas Secker era Georgian era
Camilla literaryPeriod Georgian era
Thomas Forster historicalPeriod Georgian era
Emma Hart era Georgian era
Garrow's Law settingPeriod Georgian era
Old Q historicalEra Georgian era
William Dowdeswell historicalPeriod Georgian era
Arthur Circus heritagePeriod Georgian era