37 - the restored protectorate Flashcards
relationship between the rump and the army
parliament stated that teh army had a duty to obey parliament
disputes over parliaments failure to vote pay for he troops
also wouldnt consider the army officials attempts at reforms
positive relationship between parliament and the army
- parliament saw that the army was necessary to maintain peace
- teh army saw that the rump provided validity to what otherwise would have been a military rule
resurgence of radicalism
the rump was actually seen mostly as too radical
freas grew over radicals as the rump put radical sects such as teh quakers in charge of local malitias
reaction of concervatives to increased radicalism
rertreated further towards a restroartion of teh old consitution
reaction to growth in radicalism
natinal panic
there were fears over threats to the church
lots of prebysterian-royalist uprsisings
booths uprising
august 1659 - held large parts of cheshire in retaliation of teh rump
didnt want restoration of charles, but a free parliament
it was commonly known that a free parliament would likely leas to royal restoration however
he did eventually surrender
pro-stuart v anti-rump
the fact that most demonstrations didnt openlt call for the restoration of charles, it showed most demonstartions were mostly agaisnt the rump
divisions between radicals
- didnt have a united opinion/ideology
- religious divisions
- no settlement could satisfy the wide range of poltiical and rligious opinions of radical
john lambert
- curshed booths uprising
- hero of the dispute with the rump
- gave support to a petition to reduce the rumps authirty
- the petiiton also gave the army the power to purge those wo didnt oppose royalist uprisings and promote army officials
parliaments reaction to the armys petition
saw it as an attempt to gain power
however arnt trrops retaliated and lambert occupied london and dissolved the rump
comittee of saftey
created with a few civilians and mainly army officiers to provide legitimancy after the army had crushed the protectorate and now the constitution
geroge monck
army official who protestes the dissolutionof the rump
he negotiated with members of the dispelled house and was appointed commander in cheif
convened and army to march south to london
army council tried to disued him but it didnt work
they sent lambert but his forced were beaten also
opposition to army rule
monck and his victory over laberts forces
widespread disturbance in major cities like bristol and london
petitions poured in
key issues, put forward in protest petitions
- ecenomic circumstances
- tryanny of army rule
- teh need for a free parliament and a monarchy
reasembly of the rump
fearing cviilw ar, fleetwood and teh army bowed down to the petitions adnd the rump reasembled again in december 1659