30 - nominated assembly 1653

Question 1

the etsablihsment of the nominated assembly

Answer 1

after teh dissolution of teh rump and the council of state it left the commonwelath i direct military control
to restore constitutional forms, cromwell announced an assembly that woudl be nominated (NOT ELETCED) in
140 individuaks from each locality
1653

Question 2

who was intdended to be the nominateed assembly

Answer 2

thiose who feared god and were of approved integrity

Question 3

who was in the nominated assembly

Answer 3

116 gentry
119 JPs
40 went to uni
24 had sat in a pervious parliament

Question 4

fixed date for disolution

Answer 4

not intended to be a long standing thing and was given a fixed date of dissolution - november 1654

Question 5

the new council of state

Answer 5

appointed in july 1635 by the nominated assembly
31 members, mostly civilian and a few officers such as cromwell

Question 6

issues within the assembly

Answer 6

they declared themself a parliament, which dispaointed cromwell
there were a minority of members, largely exdtremists who beieved that chirst’s second coming was imminent and all laws should be swept away

Question 7

the dissolution of the nomintaed assembly

Answer 7

the moderates and conservatives within the assembly voted to disolve themlseves to stop rthe extremists within them - giving cromwell his power back

Question 8

the proposals made by the assembly

Answer 8

ahead of their timE!
* reforms for the laws on debt
* humane treatment of the insane
* regitration of births,deaths and marriages
* protection for travellers on the highways

Question 9

anger by the army to the assembly

Answer 9

upset over the assemblys wish to end the monthly assesment

Question 10

the consitution making cromnwell protector

Answer 10

had already been drafted before the assembly dibanded, therefore, showingh that cromwell was already losing faith in it