PI 1649-60

Question 1

Military Involvement in Politics

Answer 1

1. 1648 - Pride’s Purge - 45MPs and further 168 excluded from parl
2. 1655 penruddock rising led to
3. 1655-57 rule of the major generals - 11 districts, to enforce morality

Question 2

Radicals

Answer 2

1. 1647 Putney Debates with Levellers - levellers call for universal manhood suffrage
2. 1649 leveller mutiny in Burford
3. 1653 fifth monarchists in nominated assembly

Question 3

Failure to find Constitutional Settlement

Answer 3

1. 1653 Rump dissolved by Cromwell in favour of short lived National Assembly
2. 1653 Fifth Monarchists in Nominated Assembly (Barebones Parliament)