38 - the path to restoration

Question 1

the strength of the rump

Answer 1

had sucsessfully removed army officials sucha s lambert and monck had become commander in chief
parliament was now re-established as parliament and government- and was backed by monck (teh most powrful general in the land)

Question 2

mistakes of the rump

Answer 2

• wanted to settle old scores and undertook a purge of teh army, removing half of the serving officers
• this damaged teh intergirty of the rump and peopel were unwilling to pay parliamentary taxes
• they also mistreated monck, who has saved them, and wanted to reduce his poltical power - condeming him to just police london
• however, he did police london but refused to withdraw from politics
• he also ensured that those who were barred during the prides pruge of 1648 would be reinstated

Question 3

effects of the retruning members of teh prides purge

Answer 3

• altered poltical balance, tilting the scales against republicansim
• made it more liekly that there would be a reisntated struart monarchy - theirlink witht he old consitution was clear
• parliament soon excluded commited republicans, including lambert

Question 4

Monck and the royal restoration

Answer 4

he avoided pressing the matter too early and presneted himself as moderate.
he persuaded teh council to appoint him commanceer in chief

Question 5

Edwards montague

Answer 5

appointed by the long parliament, a royalist sympathiser and commander fo teh fleet
this meant that the two leading military commanders, now favoured charles II’s return

Question 6

Lamberts urpising

Answer 6

he attempted to make on final attempt t preventing royalsist uprising, with force
soem regiments agreed but most of teh army didnt want to challenge monck
mabert was defeated at edge hill and captured

Question 7

the convention parliament

Answer 7

1660
a free election showed that suport for teh commonwealth was reducing and royalists symoathies increased

Question 8

decleartion of breda

Answer 8

decleration of breda formed , charles promising general parden and religious toleration aswell as parliaments right to decid and dispute questions of propery entitlements and teh armys pay

Question 9

the reisntated stuart monarchy

Answer 9

both houses accepted the decleartion as the conitutional basis for the monarchy

in may 1660, engalnd was no longer a republic and the monarchy was reinstates
Charles was crowned on 29th may

Question 10

the restoartion settlement

Answer 10

followed chalres’ acsession and attempted to obliterate all taht had happened since 1649