Rise And Fall Of Commonwealth

Question 1

What happens to Charles 1 after he gets beheaded ?

Answer 1

Becomes very popular
-> Eikon Basilike (1649) which makes him a martyr

Question 2

What happens with puritanism ?

Answer 2

-> Want to cancel religious holidays
Very unpopular
-> Mostly army people but not population

Question 3

What is the commonwealth?

Answer 3

-> English regime from 1648 to 1660
Unpopular because lack of representation

Question 4

What happens with the NMA and Parl?

Answer 4

-> NMA wants more power, more republican and puritain than population
-> Conflict with Parl

Question 5

What are the key conflicts at the time ?

Answer 5

-> Presbyt in parliament vs. Independents in the army
-> Parl wants one religion for all
-> Indep wants multiple religious sub groups to be accepted

Question 6

Who is Oliver Cromwell?

Answer 6

Man in the middle to solve tensions
MP and well respected by both sides

He dissolves the rump Parl in a coup in 1653

Question 7

What does he publish after his coup ?

Answer 7

-> “Instrument of Government” 1653
Makes him Lord Protector
England becomes a protectorate
(Not popular)

-> “Humble petition and advice” 1657
Offered kingship but refuses just makes title Lord Protector hereditary

Question 8

Ire ?

Answer 8

-> Regicide and republic not popular
Ire : 49-52 makes an alliance against Comm
Cromwell sends troops to ire and new protest settlers

Question 9

Scot ?

Answer 9

49-55 : strong support after Stuarts
-> Resistance to comm
-> military occupation of Scotland under George Monck

Question 10

Who is George Monck ?

Answer 10

Leader of the NMA in Scotland
-> Former royalist, marches on England bcs Parl refused to invite Charles 2nd
-> Charles 2nd is invited to take the crown in 1660, he accepts