Dates (1649-1678) Flashcards
When was Pride’s Purge?
6th December 1648
When was the Rump declared ‘the supreme power in this nation’?
January 1649
When was the Council of State created for executive decisions?
February 1649
When was the monarchy, PC and HoL abolished?
March 1649
When was England declared a ‘commonwealth and free state’?
May 1649
When do the Diggers begin their experiment on St George’s Hill?
April 1649
When does the Rump Parliament begin and end?
1649-1653
When are the Levellers revived briefly, but then their leaders are arrested and their movement largely extinguished?
1649
When do the Ranters rise in popularity?
1649
When does Cromwell land with 20,000 men in Ireland?
August 1650
When is the Adultery Act passed?
May 1650
When is the Blasphemy Act passed?
August 1650
When is the Third Civil War?
May 1650 - September 1651
When does Charles II arrive in Scotland, signing the Covenant?
June 1650
When is the Battle of Dunbar, with Cromwell defeating the Scottish army?
September 1650
When is the Digger movement suppressed?
1650
When is Charles II crowned King of Scotland?
January 1651
When is the Battle of Worcester?
September 1651
When is the Scottish Parliament dissolved, with the Presbyterian Church powers reduced?
1651
When does the military campaign in Ireland conclude?
May 1652
When were the suppressions of Drogheda and Wexford?
Drogheda - September 1649
Wexford - October 1649
When is the Act of Settlement passed in Ireland?
1652
When does the first Anglo-Dutch war begin?
1652
When is the dissolution of the Rump?
April 1653
