61. James the Second had only reigned in England three years, and during that time the Protestants were so cruelly treated in France, that thousands of industrious artisans came over here, chiefly silk weavers, but also watchmakers, cutlers, and manufacturers of glass, writing paper and many other things; from whom the English learned to make all these things as well as the French.
62. The middle classes were much better off than at any former time, on account of the increase of trade; but the lower orders were not so well off, for wages were less, in proportion to the prices of bread and meat, than they were at earlier periods of our history.
QUESTIONS.
2. What was the gunpowder plot?
3. What was the opinion of the new king with regard to sovereignty?
4. How were the American States first colonized?
5. Who succeeded James the first?
6. What gave rise to quarrels between the king and parliament?
9. Who were the Roundheads?