civil war? Led by who? The royalist were the ultimate winners of the civil war and they were led by Oliver Cromwell. 10. What happened to the king after his defeat? After his defeat‚ Charles I was taken as a prisoner‚ convicted of treason‚ and beheaded on January 30‚ 1649. 11. What was the new government called? Led by who? The new government was called the English Commonwealth and lead by Oliver Cromwell. 12. What were some of his actions during his reign? Some of his actions were dissolving
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Charles and Parliament. The Scottish invaded England‚ but Parliament refused to allow Charles to raise an army‚ because they feared he would abuse his powers and assail English citizens who opposed him. Charles I was eventually defeated and executed by Oliver Cromwell. Following the inadequacy of Cromwell‚ Charles II rose to power and was keyed the "merry monarch" for his easy-going nature. He imposed the Cabal system‚ a group of five individuals who handled the political issues of England; the term Cabal
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What role did the New Model Army play in directing the political position of the Parliamentarians during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1642-60)? Discuss with reference to any two documents in Chapter 3 of the Anthology. The English Civil War‚ in one way or another‚ was a response to the aftermath of the Reformation which left behind political unrest and separate religious groups with indifferences and nonconformity. The Civil War affected everyone from commoners and the up and coming rising middle
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What are the two principal factors that are behind the events of 17th century Great Britain? The seventeenth century extends from the accession of the first Stuart king (James I and VI) in 1603 to the coronation of the third (Charles II) in 1660. Between these two reigns massive political and social events took place that bridge the gap between the Tudor “tyranny by consent” of the sixteenth century and the constitutional monarchy of the eighteenth century. Yet‚ all these events had not occurred
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Introduction to Plot The story is built around two alternate worlds‚ both are in civil wars. In the real world‚ England‚ Coriander Hobie is born. She is the main character in the story and the plot revolves around her‚ in a struggle against Queen Rosmore of the fairy world to keep her mother’s fairy shadow from her in the hope of saving her true love from certain death. She has to deal with the death of her mother‚ and the rule of a preacher and a stepmother who is not at all kind like her mother
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Scottish Presbyterians threatened the English border‚ Irish Catholics rebelled‚ and Oliver Cromwell’s Calvary attacked the Royalist army. Cromwell and the Scotch defeated the Royalists at Marstoon Moor on July 2‚ 1644 (Cheyney 434-444). Parliament took control of the new English Commonwealth in 1649‚ resulting in the beheading of Charles I (Halliday 118). The English Commonwealth however was short lived. In 1653 Oliver Cromwell‚ took control of the Commonwealth. Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament
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September 1651. The English Civil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I‚ the exile of his son‚ Charles II‚ and replacement of English monarchy with‚ first‚ the Commonwealth of England (1649–53)‚ and then with a Protectorate (1653– 59)‚ under Oliver Cromwell’s personal rule. The monopoly of the Church of England on Christian worship in England ended with the victors consolidating the established Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. Constitutionally‚ the wars established the precedent that an English
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The idea of a single person holding dominion over all others to form an independent state is the driving force in state consolidation in 17th century Europe. Political development in this concept led to different methods of operating a government two prominent models being absolutism and constitutionalism. The first one centers on a strong centralized monarchy and the dominating royal power and the latter is based on a limited monarchy where the ruler is confined to the law and parliament. Theoretically
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Increasing Power in the 17th Century Governmental systems in both France and England were greatly changing during the 17th Century. In England‚ absolute monarchies lost power while Parliament gained supremacy. France‚ on the other hand‚ saw Louis XIV strengthening his own offices and weakening both the Estates General and the local nobility. Absolutism‚ a political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler‚ was attempted by James I and Charles I of England‚ and Louis XIV of France
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Why did parliament win the English Civil War? When Charles raised his Standard in Nottingham 1642 it was unclear who‚ or how‚ the war would be won‚ but Parliament’s Victory in The Civil War 1646‚ can be explained by a Multitude of reasons‚ most notably; a Royalist lack of finance [or more generally resources]‚ and Parliamentary revolutionary Reform and Organisation. Firstly the areas that Parliament held over the course of the civil war were more populous‚ wealthy and fertile than that of the
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