1653-60

Question 1

what was the instrument of government

Answer 1

made it so the country could be run by a single person and parliament. gave way for cromwell to become lord protector

Question 2

what was the triers and ejectors ordinance

Answer 2

• the triers assessed the level of church ministers on educational and moral levels
• the ejectors got rid of church ministers who didn’t meet the educational or moral standards

Question 3

when was the first protectorate parliament?

Answer 3

1654 september- Jan 1655

Question 4

what was the republican group

Answer 4

• they believe in the abolition of the house of lords and monarchy
• the rule by the rump is their ideal parliament

Question 5

what was Cony’s case?

Answer 5

• an example of the protectorate government being authoritairian
• Cony protested against custom duties because they had not been passed by parliament in late 1654
• Cony’s lawyers were imprisoned in may 1655

Question 6

what was the western design

Answer 6

• it was an expedition to the spanish caribbean island of hispanola in their war against spain
• it was a massive failure
• Cromwell takes this heart as he believes it could be god being displeased with the sin in the country

Question 7

when and what were the major generals?

Answer 7

• the rule of the major generals began august 1655.
• the were in charge of overseeing the moral reformation of the country. they enforced bans on gambling houses, drinking and adultery.

Question 8

what did penruddocks rising in feb 1655 lead to?

Answer 8

the decimation tax

Question 9

when was the second protectorate parliament?

Answer 9

september 1656 - june 1657

Question 10

who were excluded in second protectorate parliament?

Answer 10

over 100 MPs

Question 11

what was the Nayler case 1656?

Answer 11

Nayler was a quaker who tried to re enact christ riding into jereuselum by riding a donkey into bristol
Nayler was punished brutally although Cromwell did not want to punish him as bad as the commons did

Question 12

what was the humble petition and advice

Answer 12

it effectively replaces the instrument of government and becomes the new constitution of the protectorate when Cromwell accepts all of it but one bit.
it also added a new house in parliament

Question 13

what part of the humble petition and advice did Cromwell reject

Answer 13

the offering of the crown

Question 14

what happened after the humble petition and in the second session of the second protectorate parliament

Answer 14

the republicans attack the new constitution and the second protectorate parliament is dissolved