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English CW--Cromwell
English Civil War and Cromwell's Rule
Question | Answer |
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Solemn League and Covenant | Religion in England, Scotland and Ireland should be made uniform; i.e. toleration of some Christian sects In exchange for support of Scottish Army |
Roundheads | Parliament supporters--East and South (prominent commerce and agricultural areas) |
Cavaliers | Monarchy supporters--North and West |
New Model Army | Led by Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell Protestant exaltation--basis of morale, discipline, and will to fight Class that espoused Democracy |
Rump Parliament | The parliament reduced by Cromwell and his Army Condemned King Charles I of treason and executed him |
Commonwealth of England | England under Cromwell rule Moderate religious toleration |
Pride's Purge | Led by Colonel Pride Intimidation of Parliament members, responsible for the Rump Parliament |
Drogheda and Wexford | The site of a Cromwell-ordered massacre of rebelling Irish Catholics |
Ireland | Massacre of Protestants in Ulster, avenged by Cromwell |
Plantation of Ulster | Influx of English Protestant landowners and with it English culture/religion/ect replacing Irish Catholic landowners and Irish culture/ect |
Navigation Act of 1651 | Barred Dutch ships from carrying goods between the English, etc; attack on Dutch maritime supremacy |
Wars for New World Dominance | Acquired Jamaica, Caribbeans from Spanish Hapsburgs |
Lord Protectorate | Cromwell during the Military Dictatorship of England/Commonwealth Parliament was abolished Puritanism was the law of the land |
Radical Political/Religious Groups: Levellers | Universal suffrage of men, equal representation, written constitution, voice of the voters ex. John Lilburne |
Radical Political/Religious Groups: Quakers | Pacifists, who believed that all could have new revelations of spiritual truth, rejecting hierarchies and gender inequalities |
Radical Political/Religious Groups: Diggers | No private property; occupation/cultivation of common land |
Radical Political/Religious Groups: Fifth Monarchy Men | Religious fanatics who believed that world was coming to an end |
Instrument of Governemnt | Constitution under Cromwell Rule |