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Interregnum - Coggle Diagram
Politics
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Political groups
Levellers - drew their main support from London and the army, in favour of a democratic society; proposed franchise did not extend to women or the lower classes
Diggers - equal society, communal ownership of land, absolute equality of both genders in law and education
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Conservatives - dominant in both central and local government, opposed radical ideas
General facts
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A time of political experiments, when the UK was a republic
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Important figures
Oliver Cromwell, lived 1599 - 1658, English general and statesman, Lord Protetor of the British Isles and simultaneously head of state & head of government of the republic commonwealth. A very controversial figure, often refferred to as a regicidal dictator, a military dictator and a hero of liberty
Richard Cromwell inherited Oliver Cromwell's power, failed to maintain his power
Charles I, lived 1600 - 1649, King of England until his execution. His death in 1649 started the Interregnum period
Charles II, lived 1630 - 1685. His crowning in 1660 ended the Interregnum period
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