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Section 6: Experiments in government and Society 1648-1660 Flashcards

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1648 Wed 6 Dec

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Pride’s Purge

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Trial (and execution) of Charles I. The commons claimed ‘supreme power’

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1649 Jan (30 Jan)

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1649 Feb

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Charles II proclaimed king in Scotland; Council of State appointed

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1649 March

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Rump abolished Monarchy and Lords; Cromwell appointed Lord Lieutenant in charge of Parliament’s army

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Digger commune set up in Surrey

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1649 April

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England declared to be a commonwealth; leveller rising against rump crushed by Cromwell in Banbury

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1649 May

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Cromwell lands in Ireland

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1649 Aug

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Siege of Drogheda

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1649 Sept 3-11

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Siege of Wexford

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1649 Oct 2-11

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1650 Jan

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Engagement Act

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1650 May

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Rump recalled Cromwell to England

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1650 June

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Cromwell replaced Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief

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Blashphemy Act; Cromwell entered Scotland

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1650 Aug

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Cromwell’s victory over Scots at Dunbar

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1650 3 Sept

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Charles II crowned in Scotland

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1651 Jan

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1651 3 Sept

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Cromwell defeated Charles II at Worcester

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Navigation Act introduced; Charles II escaped to France

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1651 Oct

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1652 May

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Outbreak of Dutch War

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1652 July

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Fleetwood becomes commander-in-chief in Ireland

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1652 Aug

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Settlement of Ireland Act began the Cromwellian land confiscations; Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel formed

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1653 April

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Cromwell dispersed the Rump

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1653 Jul-Dec

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Nominated Assembly (also known as Barebone’s Parliament/Parliament of Saints)

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1653 July

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new Council of State appointed by Assembly

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1653 Dec

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Nominated Assembly dissolved itself; Instrument of Government adopted; Cromwell installed as Lord Protector

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1654 Apr

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Dutch War ended; Treaty with Sweden; Act of Union with Scotland

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Treaty with Portugal

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1654 Sept

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first parliament of Protectorate; treaty with Denmark

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1654 Dec

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English fleet sailed against Spanish colonies

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1655 Jan

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Cromwell dissolved first Protectorate Parliament

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1655 Mar

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Penruddock’s uprising

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1655 May

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English forces failed to take Hispaniola; English capture of Jamaica

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1655 Oct

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Beginning of rule of Major-Generals; defensive alliance with France

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1656 Sept

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second Protectorate Parliament; beginning of war with Spain; parliament’s prosecution of James Nayler

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1657 Jan

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Parliament declined to renew Decimation Tax; abandonment of Major-Generals

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1657 Feb

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Cromwell offered the kingship

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1657 Mar

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Military agreement with France

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1657 April

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Cromwell declined kingship

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1657 May

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Humble Petition and Advice accepted by Cromwell

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1657 July

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first session of paliament

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capture of Mardyke

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second session of parliament

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1658 Jan-Feb

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1658 Feb

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Cromwell dissolved parliament

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1658 June

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Battle of the Dunes; England acquired Dunkirk

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1658 3 Sept

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death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell became Protector

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third Protectorate Parliament

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1659 Jan-Apr

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1659 Apr

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Richard Cromwell resigned - end of the Protectorate

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1659 May

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the Commonwealth restored - Rump re-assembled; end of the Spanish war

48
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Booth’s Rising

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1659 Oct

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army expelled the Rump

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1659 Oct-Dec

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government by Committee of Safety; widespread disturbances throughout England

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1659 Dec

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Rump re-assembled

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1660 Jan

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Monck’s troops crossed from Scotland to England

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1660 Feb

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Monck’s troops reached London; return of excluded members to the Rump; Rump dissolved

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1660 March

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Long Parliament restored

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1660 April

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Lambert’s army defeated at Edgehill; HoL re-convened; Charles II issued Declaration of Breda; both houses voted to accept Declaration of Breda

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1660 May 8

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Charles II proclaimed King

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1660 May 29

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Charles II entered London

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