Issues faced by the Rump 1649
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- Created on: 17-02-19 17:44
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- Issues faced by the Rump in 1649
- Social
- Needed the support of the Political Nation (help administrate local government and provide leadership outside of London)
- Found army's radical ideas dangerous: objected to the expense of maintaining such a large number of tropps
- Leveller threat: became even more radical, angered by the failure of previous negotiations and John Lilburne's influence and popularity
- Needed the support of the Political Nation (help administrate local government and provide leadership outside of London)
- Foreign relations
- Monarchs of Europe angry about regicide: English ambassadors murdered in Spain and the Netherlands by Royalist supporters
- Prerogative
- July 1659: the Rump voted a series of laws to create a Republic—it was now treasonous to deny the Rump's authority. (impossible to enforce)
- Rivalry with the New Model Army: despite viewing itself as the lawful power, the Rump needed them to maintain authority
- Army had a radical vision based on religious freedom (not Rump's priority: stability and calming fears of more conservative members of the Political Nation
- March 1649 House of Lords abolished: little thought had been given on a replacement
- Three kingdoms
- Opposition to the Rump in Scotland and Ireland
- Scotland had proclaimed Charles II king
- [eventually led to the Third Civil War]
- Opposition to the Rump in Scotland and Ireland
- Social
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