Stuarts Massive Mindmap.
Charles I
The Interregnum.
James I.
Establishment of the Commonwealth. and the Commonwealth Parlaiments
Instrument of Government
Cromwell as Lord Protector.
1st Protectorate.
2nd Protectorate. Rule of Major Generals.
The Restoration.
Why Personal Rule.
Was Personal Rule successful.
Causes of the Civil War
Why did the parliamentarians win.
Foreign Policy
Religion
Finance
Divine Right.
The Rump Parliament was still in place.
wanted to redistribute constituencies in order to maintain seats and nominate some other members. SIR HENRY VANE.
didn;t
Failure to Reach a settlement.
Booths Uprising. Sexby was a former Rump MP and member of Barebones. Mourdant and teh sealed knot group. Pennruddocks uprising in the South West.
Unpopualr. Thomas Venner tried to storm st pauls cathedral with over 55 fifth monarchists.
there were some free elections, but they hardly got anything done. 430 mps, some refused to sit because of Cromwell. 84 bills proposed and not a single one passed.
This was the rule of the Major Generals. Cromwell felt like he had done nothign.
Out of approximately 400 MPs returned, 93 were judged "ungodly" and prevented from taking their seats at Westminster.