REPUBLIC Flashcards
(33 cards)
what and when was the Council of State
49, undertook activities usually done by the King, only 2 army members in it to curb their influence as rump wanted to reduce to reliance on them
What was the Leveller challenge of 49
angry at cromwell and ireton for outmanoeuvring them so attack, but cromwell gets the rump to arrest them
small mutineries are crushed
threats to the rump domestically
Eikon Basilike claimed to be charles memoirs painted him as martyr
royalist leaders captured
lilburne and levellers captured
what and when was the act against against adultury and blasphemy
1650 against groups like ranters
what does cromwell do in Drogheda
goes to quell uprisings and civilians are killed with numbers exaggerated
what’s happening in scotland at the start of the rump
appalled by executed and cromwell for siding with the Rump over presbyterians
when does cromwell beat the scottish at dunbar
1650
when does charles 2 try and fail to invade england
1651
what was the recusancy act
1650, national church attendance not inforced
when does the first dutch war start and why
1652-54
issues over fishing and sea control
but no one really wants the war
why does the dutch war anger the army
money into the navy but not to them who are still owed payment
what and when was the Navigation act
1651,
All importants to England need to be on english ships (attacking dutch trade)
when was the rump dissolved
1653
when was the nominated assembly, what did they get done
1653, passed 30 acts and did work on Hales commission (made laws from latin to english)
dissolved themselves after 6 months after radicals began to emerge
When did the protectorate come about and what did it include
1653, lord protector a council and state and a parliament voted in with reformed franchise
what was the instrument of government, who made it
the new constitution , lambert
how many ordinances were passed between 1653-1654
83
Religion passed in 1654
Commitee of Triers
Committee of Ejectors
When and what was the naylor case
1656, re-enacts christ in bristol, MPs want him executed by Cromwell says punishment is okay
How many quakers in 1650
50,000
what happened in the first protectorate parliament 1654-65
attack on the Instrument of government being written by lambert
100 MPs refuse to sign a recognition of it and are barred
dissolved after 5 lunar months
What and when was the Biddles case
1654, he denied the trinity and divinity of jesus and the MPs imprison him showing power over cromwell
What does cromwell get up to on his 1655 solo power trip
Imprisons Cony and his whole legal team without trial
Suppression of all non government newsheets
Who, what why and issues with the major generals
1655-7, lambert , interfered with local government and seen as military rule
