25 - the rump and the establishment of the common wealth

Question 1

result of the prides purge

Answer 1

parliament now consisted of only 211 members in commons when there used to be 470
commons want a united front and only 70 of them had been involved in the kings trial

Question 2

the power of the army

Answer 2

following the prides purge, parliament was reliant on the army for support

Question 3

cromwells position

Answer 3

at this stage had had no formal position, even if he was a powerful figure
he was technically suboridnate to fairfax but after fairafx removed himself from public affairs - cromwell became more powerful

Question 4

Establishing the republic

Answer 4

between feb andmarch 1649 the rump passed the following measures
- aboliton of the monarchy
- abolition of the house of lords
- creation of the council of state to act as government
- the decleartion that england was now a commonwelath

Question 5

inention of the rump in creating a republic

Answer 5

not to underine the consitution and create a revolution
they were attempting to preserve the cosnitution and prevent royal opression

Question 6

the first council of state

Answer 6

composed of 41 memvers
34 were mps
key figures such as henry ireton were prevented from entering the council