1- THIRD CIVIL WAR IRELAND 1 Flashcards
royalty to republic; monarchy abolished
5 leading royalist executed, hol, monarchy and privy council abolished
gov of the common wealth: council of the state
carried out day to day gov, cromwell lord deputy, apportioned by rump parliament, replaced privy council
threats common wealth faced
political reveoltioanries (levellers)
monarchy restores- roayslit claiming c.2 as heir , opposition to common wealth in Scotland and irlenad
third civil war 49-51
4.5% of the population died, majority of the country was pro royalist but not a fan of c.2, c.2 legimtie threat to the common wealth, small group of individuals pro royaslit in Scotland and ireland
cromwell conquest of Ireland 49-50
-c.2 agreement
c.2 needed a support base so made an agreement with antrim> second armband agreement ( this was where c.1 is seen as king In return for equality between catholics and protestant)
cromwell conquest of ireland 49-50
-inavded ireland
with 20k men, ruthless 9 month campaign to get rid of armband royalsit> siege and massacres in wefrod and drogheda
Drogheda - good to invade because
got rid of Ulster Scots, gave control to Providence north of Dublin, good for future Irish expeditions
cromwell water to make and an example
and force Irish royalist to surrender, which Drogheda refused to do so soldiers defeated the without mercy 2-4k catholics killed
cromwell returned to England
as in 1650, c.2 made and agreement with Scotland so cromwell forced to come back by parliment . >Ireotn employed to carry out scorched earth, as they used gurrielar warfare