1650 Flashcards
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1650
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- Jan - Rump passes an Engagement Act
- May 1650-Sept 1651 - 3rd Civil War.
- July 1650 Treason Act. To support Engagement Act
- Aug 1650 - Blasphemy Act. Prevent growth of radical groups like Quakers and Ranters
- 3 Sept 1650 - Dunbar
- Sept 1650 - ended compulsory church attendance
- Legal proceedings in English not Latin
2
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1651
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- Charles II’s invasion of England and defeat at Worcester
- Navigation Act
3
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1652
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- Hale Commission
- 1652-4 1st Dutch War
4
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1653
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- April Cromwell forcibly dissolved Rump
- Nominated Assembly
- Dec - Moderates (led by Lambert) dissolved the Assembly
- Dec - Instrument of Government
5
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1654
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- Jan-Sept - Cromwell’s ‘personal rule’.
- Sept 1654- Jan 1655 - 1st Protectorate Parliament
- Imprisonment of George Cony
- Biddle’s Case
- Treaty of Westminster ended 1st Dutch War
- 1st Quaker missionaries ‘Valiant Sixty’ emerged
6
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1655
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- Western Design Expedition
- March - Penruddock’s Rising
- Cromwell offered Jewish community the right to live in England free from prosecution
- Aug 1655 - Jan 1657 - Major Generals.
6
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1656
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- Sept 1656-Feb 1658 - Second Protectorate Parliament
- 1656-7 Nayler Case
7
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1657
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- Jan - Desborough attempted to regularise the Decimation Tax
- Humble Petition and Advice
8
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1658
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- Jan-Feb - 2nd Protectorate Parliament, 2nd Session
- Sept - Cromwell’s death
9
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1659
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- Jan-April - 3rd Protectorate Parliament
- July - Booth’s Rebellion
- Dec - Commonwealth restored again
- Dec 1659-Feb 1660 - Rump again
