chapter fourteen

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the revolutionary nature of the actions of 1644 alienated

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much of the political nation

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limitations of the support for the revolution carried out by

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the new model army
shaped the years to come

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yet the regimes were defensive and reactive rather than seeking

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to develop a revolution

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blair worden described Cromwell as an

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ideological schizophrenic

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tensions remained between the rump and

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the new model army

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rump regarded itself as legitimate power and in command of the army it recognised

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as well as the soldiers
that in practice the new model army was the real power in the land

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this defensivness was exacerbated why the threat to

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the rump from Ireland , Scotland , royalists and Charles I’s son , Charles Stuart

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these threats also meant that the tension between the rump and the army was held at bay as

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they had to co operate to defeat the threats

Question 9

in feb 1649 the rump voted to abolish

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the monarchy and the apparatus of monarchical government
thus formalise a republic

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in may 1649 a republic was formalised in acts to abolish

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the monarchy
and the house of lords

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on 2 jan 1650 the rump passed an engagement act by which

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all adult males had to declare loyalty to the commonwealth

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the engagement act was reinforced by the reason act passed in July 1650 which made it

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illegal to deny the authority of the regime as vested in the commons

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in practice it proved impossible to enforce

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the engagement

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having sought to give the establishment some legal basis , whether the rump survived depended on

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how it met the threats from Scotland and Ireland

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argyll the leader of the Scots covenanters immediately declared

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Charles Stauart as Charles II of Scotland

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the arrival of Charles Stuart in Scotland made another

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Scottish invasion imminent

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Cromwell returned from

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ireland to meet this threat

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when argyll succeeded in persuading Charles Stuart to accept the covenant in return for

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military aid to invade England
the rump decided to strike first

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Fairfax refused to lead the invasion as he had become increasingly concerned about

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the radicalisation of the army and had stood alone from the developments that had led to the regicide

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Fairfax objected to the strike against the Scots in Fairfax’s place Cromwell had become

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commander in chief

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Cromwell campaign in Scotland did not start well rather than face Cromwell and the NMA in battle the Scots

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led by David Leslie withdrew behind defensible positions

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by September 1650 Cromwells invasion of 16,300 had been reduced to about

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11,000

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Cromwell retreated to Dunbar and planned to

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ship his army back to England

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Cromwells weekend force was quickly pinned down by a

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Scottish army twice its size

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in London Thomas Harrison led the London radicals in prayed for what appeared ti ve the

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hopeless position into which Cromwell had led his forces

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despite his position of weakness at Dunbar on 3 September 1650 Cromwell

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defeated the far larger Scottish army almost double the size of his

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on 3 September 1650 how many Scots were killed and captured

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3000 killed
10,000 captured

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Cromwells remarkable victory at durbar which he regarded as the hand god was based on

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Leslies strategic mistakes and a suprise attack on the English

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the new model army victory was also underpinned by the following underlying factors

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• religious motivation with NMA
• English sea power that ensured that Cromwells forces could be resupplied
• Englands stronger economy meant the army was better funded

Question 30

after the failure of the Scots they put … in charge

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Charles stuart II

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in 1651 Lambert attacked

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the main Scottish army at Inverkeithing

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Lambert with his force sustained a handful of casualties with x killed and x imprisoned

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2000
1400

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Cromwell taking advantage of lamberts victory established English control in

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Perth

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the best NMA forces were behind Charles Stuarts force and therefore his path into England was open and a

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retreat back to Scotland was blocked

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the opposing forces one England were less trained and included

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militia and new recruits

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after the regicide some Irish supported Charles Stuart , Cromwell landed with

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10,000 parliamentary troops in Ireland in August 1649 to impose English protestant control to punish the catholics for their 1641 rebellion

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ireland was not only paying for the bloodshed of 1641 but it would be exploited

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financially for the new regime

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Cromwells stance is clear in his declaration to the Irish catholic clergy in

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January 1650

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Cromwells Irish campaign of 1649-50 involved a series of

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bloody sieges of Irish catholic strong holds

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the most infamous blood siege was at

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drogheda and wexford

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Cromwell was determined that his campaign in Ireland should be a swift destruction of the

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irish catholics to pose a serious threat to English authority so that he would return to face the threat from Scotland of Charles Stuart and the covenanters

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after a victory by parliamentary troops under colonel Michael Jones at Rathmines just before Cromwells arrival , the war in ireland for Cromwell was during

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august 1649 to may 1650 was essentially a series of bloody sieges of irish catholics strongholds to break the back of their ability to resist

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when Cromwell left for England in may 1650 to organise an invansion of Scotland he left (his son in law) Breton to further impose

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English control of ireland through commanding an army of occupation that remained in the country until 1660

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Charles Stuart was keen to invade England with the of the

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scottish royalist force of 20,000

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Charles starts ultimate aim was to secure the

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English throne which required him to secure London

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there was general disillusionment with the republican regime across a range of the population and an invasion of England would allow

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Charles to escape the influence of the Presbyterian leaders ins Scotland whom he felt were seeking to control him

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Charles’ invading force faced several serious obstacles

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• desertions from invading force meaning only 13,000 crossed to border
• the army of Scots attracted little support form the English
• Leslie the Scottish general appaeared uncommitted to the invansion
• the republics intelligence network built plots to overthrow the republic if successful would’ve helped scot invasion
• a rising in Norfolk in dec 1650 was quickly supressed
• Charles secured no foreign aid for his invasion

Question 48

when Charles Stuart crossed the border he faced x troops led by the two pre eminent generals of NMA Lambert and Harrison

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4000

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although heavily outnumber the NMA generals harried their force and steered it south allowing

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Cromwell and other elements off the NMA to co ordinate

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when Charles’ troops refused to move on from Worcester it was then the

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royalists who were heavily outnumbered

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despite this disadvantage there was a long bitter struggle around and in worcester until

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Charles fled for the continent leaving his troops behind

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3000 royalists were dead but only

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200 of the NMA

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the victories in Ireland , in Scotland and at Worcester saved the

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rump in the short term

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another consequence if these victories was the consolidation of

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Cromwell as the dominant figure of the age