The rainy day is a symbol of life. The idea behind it is that life is like a rainy day because rain represents bad things that happens to you. The poem points out that we shouldn't be miserable because of it because even when there's rain, there's always sunshine behind it so just keep calm and carry on with life and things will get better.
A group of members invited William of Orange to "invade" England.
Explanation:
Before the Industrial Revolution there were not any machinery to make products for us. They would have to instead hand sew cloth together to make clothing
He felt that it could lead to a new age of transportation, and also gain more support for him if he had said he liked it