The document discusses the development of sport in England from the Tudor period through the Hanover period. During the Tudor period from 1485-1617, the upper class used sports like hunting to prepare for war while peasants played their own violent sports. In the Stuart period from 1603-1714, James I and Charles II both influenced the growth of sport, though Puritans opposed activities on Sundays and behaviors like drinking. The Hanover period from 1714-1790 saw a shift as people moved from rural farms to crowded cities and factories offered new jobs producing goods.