Reasons for the failure of the Rump/ Commonwealth
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- Created on: 03-06-17 11:13
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- Reasons for the failure of the Republican Government / Commonwealth 1649 - 60
- Nominated Assembly
- religious radicals determined to establish godly rule in the country
- Cromwell formed the committee with members from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
- Following reforms were enacted:
- Civil marriage was legalised
- registers for births marriagesand deaths established
- the revenue system was reformed
- Ireland and Scotland
- Scotland
- S posed a great threat - immediately after Charles I's executionCharles II was declared King (Feb 1649) despite the fact CII was still in Holland
- Scottish Officer David Leslie commanded a powerful army which he handed to Charles II - provoking 3rd Civil War
- Cromwell defeated the Scots at Dunbar in 1650 - following this Cii fled to France - 9 years exile
- This ensured the survival of the republican government and increased the prestige of the armed forces
- Scotland
- Role of Cromwell
- Surpressed Irish and Scots from creating a third Civil War
- Lord protectorate - took control
- The Rump reasons for failure of:
- the conservative nature of the MPs
- limited finances - without resources the MPs of the Rump were less inclined to initiate significant reform
- the threat from Ireland and Scotland
- fear of radical religious groups - MPs concerned at the development of new groups and sought to reimpose religious control
- fear of the New Model Army - Prides Purge had shown MPs that the Army held deal power
- the Dutch War - resources and time were used on war with the dutch which broke out 1652
- Government experiments
- 11 major generals- The 11 major generals experiment highlighted the fundamental tensions between reform and stability during republican rule
- Nominated Assembly
- End of the CW: CW was replaced by the Protectorate - Cromwell was Lord Protector and a parliament was to be elected every 3 years
- Instrument of Government formed aimed at giving the republic long term stability
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