Section 6: Experiments in government and Society 1648-1660

Question 1

1648 Wed 6 Dec

Answer 1

Pride’s Purge

Question 2

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

Answer 2

1649 Jan (30 Jan)

Question 3

1649 Feb

Answer 3

Charles II proclaimed king in Scotland; Council of State appointed

Question 4

1649 March

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Digger commune set up in Surrey

Answer 5

1649 April

Question 6

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

Answer 6

1649 May

Question 7

Cromwell lands in Ireland

Answer 7

1649 Aug

Question 8

Siege of Drogheda

Answer 8

1649 Sept 3-11

Question 9

Siege of Wexford

Answer 9

1649 Oct 2-11

Question 10

1650 Jan

Answer 10

Engagement Act

Question 11

1650 May

Answer 11

Rump recalled Cromwell to England

Question 12

1650 June

Answer 12

Cromwell replaced Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief

Question 13

Blashphemy Act; Cromwell entered Scotland

Answer 13

1650 Aug

Question 14

Cromwell’s victory over Scots at Dunbar

Answer 14

1650 3 Sept

Question 15

Charles II crowned in Scotland

Answer 15

1651 Jan

Question 16

1651 3 Sept

Answer 16

Cromwell defeated Charles II at Worcester

Question 17

Navigation Act introduced; Charles II escaped to France

Answer 17

1651 Oct

Question 18

1652 May

Answer 18

Outbreak of Dutch War

Question 19

1652 July

Answer 19

Fleetwood becomes commander-in-chief in Ireland

Question 20

1652 Aug

Answer 20

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

Question 21

1653 April

Answer 21

Cromwell dispersed the Rump

Question 22

1653 Jul-Dec

Answer 22

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

Question 23

1653 July

Answer 23

new Council of State appointed by Assembly

Question 24

1653 Dec

Answer 24

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

Question 25

1654 Apr

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Treaty with Portugal

Answer 26

1654 July

Question 27

1654 Sept

Answer 27

first parliament of Protectorate; treaty with Denmark

Question 28

1654 Dec

Answer 28

English fleet sailed against Spanish colonies

Question 29

1655 Jan

Answer 29

Cromwell dissolved first Protectorate Parliament

Question 30

1655 Mar

Answer 30

Penruddock's uprising

Question 31

1655 May

Answer 31

English forces failed to take Hispaniola; English capture of Jamaica

Question 32

1655 Oct

Answer 32

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

Question 33

1656 Sept

Answer 33

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

Question 34

1657 Jan

Answer 34

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

Question 35

1657 Feb

Answer 35

Cromwell offered the kingship

Question 36

1657 Mar

Answer 36

Military agreement with France

Question 37

1657 April

Answer 37

Cromwell declined kingship

Question 38

1657 May

Answer 38

Humble Petition and Advice accepted by Cromwell

Question 39

1657 July

Answer 39

first session of paliament

Question 40

capture of Mardyke

Answer 40

1657 Oct

Question 41

second session of parliament

Answer 41

1658 Jan-Feb

Question 42

1658 Feb

Answer 42

Cromwell dissolved parliament

Question 43

1658 June

Answer 43

Battle of the Dunes; England acquired Dunkirk

Question 44

1658 3 Sept

Answer 44

death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell became Protector

Question 45

third Protectorate Parliament

Answer 45

1659 Jan-Apr

Question 46

1659 Apr

Answer 46

Richard Cromwell resigned - end of the Protectorate

Question 47

1659 May

Answer 47

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

Question 48

Booth's Rising

Answer 48

1659 Aug

Question 49

1659 Oct

Answer 49

army expelled the Rump

Question 50

1659 Oct-Dec

Answer 50

government by Committee of Safety; widespread disturbances throughout England

Question 51

1659 Dec

Answer 51

Rump re-assembled

Question 52

1660 Jan

Answer 52

Monck's troops crossed from Scotland to England

Question 53

1660 Feb

Answer 53

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

Question 54

1660 March

Answer 54

Long Parliament restored

Question 55

1660 April

Answer 55

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

Question 56

1660 May 8

Answer 56

Charles II proclaimed King

Question 57

1660 May 29

Answer 57

Charles II entered London