Cromwell as Lord Protector
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- Created on: 15-01-21 07:20
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- Cromwell as Lord Protector
- First Protectorate Parliament, 1654-55
- First full elections since 1640 and there were many grievances that had to be aired
- MPs questioned legality of the Instrument
- MPs were still usually landed gentry who were very conservative
- Some of the MPs were from the Rump and angry at their dismissal
- Dismissal: Parliament was dismissed in Jan 1655 when they asserted that the standing army needed parliament's permission
- Second Protectorate Parliament, 1656-58 (First session)
- The elections gain produced MPs that were against Cromwell
- Cromwell excluded 100 MPs and 50 withdrew in protest - only 250MPs actually sat
- Problems over taxation
- A Major-General proposed the continuation of the Decimation Tax
- It was rejected as the tax was 10% of someone's tax - this brought about the end of the Rule of Major-Generals
- A Major-General proposed the continuation of the Decimation Tax
- Problems over Religion
- Parliament charged Naylor - a Quaker - for blasphemy for re-enacting the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem
- Usually this would be undertaken by the Lords but they no longer existed
- Parliament spent time devising how to punish Naylor in very unpleasant ways
- This alarmed Cromwell who wanted religious tolerance so he prorogued parliament
- Parliament charged Naylor - a Quaker - for blasphemy for re-enacting the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem
- The elections gain produced MPs that were against Cromwell
- First Protectorate Parliament, 1654-55
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