Section 6: Experiments in government and Society 1648-1660 Flashcards
1648 Wed 6 Dec
Pride’s Purge
Trial (and execution) of Charles I. The commons claimed ‘supreme power’
1649 Jan (30 Jan)
1649 Feb
Charles II proclaimed king in Scotland; Council of State appointed
1649 March
Rump abolished Monarchy and Lords; Cromwell appointed Lord Lieutenant in charge of Parliament’s army
Digger commune set up in Surrey
1649 April
England declared to be a commonwealth; leveller rising against rump crushed by Cromwell in Banbury
1649 May
Cromwell lands in Ireland
1649 Aug
Siege of Drogheda
1649 Sept 3-11
Siege of Wexford
1649 Oct 2-11
1650 Jan
Engagement Act
1650 May
Rump recalled Cromwell to England
1650 June
Cromwell replaced Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief
Blashphemy Act; Cromwell entered Scotland
1650 Aug
Cromwell’s victory over Scots at Dunbar
1650 3 Sept
Charles II crowned in Scotland
1651 Jan
1651 3 Sept
Cromwell defeated Charles II at Worcester
Navigation Act introduced; Charles II escaped to France
1651 Oct
1652 May
Outbreak of Dutch War
1652 July
Fleetwood becomes commander-in-chief in Ireland
1652 Aug
Settlement of Ireland Act began the Cromwellian land confiscations; Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel formed
1653 April
Cromwell dispersed the Rump
1653 Jul-Dec
Nominated Assembly (also known as Barebone’s Parliament/Parliament of Saints)