Key Battles and Turning Points in the ECW
- Created by: Emily Allcorn
- Created on: 26-06-18 17:57
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- Fairfax moved towards York from the South and then merged with Manchesters eastern Association Army
- led to the Battle of Marston Moor
- first took Newcastle
- coming of the Scots changed the military situation in Northern England
- 2) The Battle of Marston Moor and the loss of York 1644
- Key Battles and Turning points in the ECW
- 3) 2nd Battle of Newbury
- 1644 - Midlands were indecisive
- growing crisis of commanders
- brought crisis of p'ment army to a head
- led to the NEW MODEL ARMY 1645
- victories meant soldiers were God's instrument on earth
- reinforced by prayer meetings and bible study
- soldiers saw war as God's work
- against Catholicism
- Fairfax. Good militarian and had experience
- Essex was gone, he was rubbish
- pushed into one united force
- groups such as the levellers, fifth monarchists and congregationalists
- all associations gone
- 1) Solemn League and Covenant 1643
- stretched Charles' resources thinly and local supporters like Montrose had to remain in Scotland to fight the Covenanters
- IMPORTANT BECAUSE, more soldiers on p'ment side, united Scots a p'ment due to common enemy and religion
- adapted CofE to be ruled according to "God's holy words"
- IMPORTANT BECAUSE, more soldiers on p'ment side, united Scots a p'ment due to common enemy and religion
- Scots support helped defeat the King in the North
- provided military might 21,000 men
- stretched Charles' resources thinly and local supporters like Montrose had to remain in Scotland to fight the Covenanters
- 4) Self Denying Ordinance 1646
- a lord or MPs can no longer lead an army
- gets rid of people who hadn't wanted to defeat Charles
- 5) Battle of Naseby (1645)
- p'ment lost 200 men
- Royalists lost, 1000 dead and 4500 captured
- Royalists tried to destroy the baggage train
- p'ment joined main armies, a single national force
- new rules from Fairfax, better pay, equipment and tactics
- King attacked p'ment force of nearly 2x the size
- 3) 2nd Battle of Newbury
- victory for Parliament and destroyed Royalist power
- Key Battles and Turning points in the ECW
- 2) The Battle of Marston Moor and the loss of York 1644
- coming of the Scots changed the military situation in Northern England
- against Catholicism
- 1) Solemn League and Covenant 1643
- stretched Charles' resources thinly and local supporters like Montrose had to remain in Scotland to fight the Covenanters
- IMPORTANT BECAUSE, more soldiers on p'ment side, united Scots a p'ment due to common enemy and religion
- adapted CofE to be ruled according to "God's holy words"
- IMPORTANT BECAUSE, more soldiers on p'ment side, united Scots a p'ment due to common enemy and religion
- Scots support helped defeat the King in the North
- provided military might 21,000 men
- stretched Charles' resources thinly and local supporters like Montrose had to remain in Scotland to fight the Covenanters
- Pym and leading Covenanters
- Based on meritocracy - promoted on how good of a job you do
- "talent counted more than breeding"
- 4) Self Denying Ordinance 1646
- a lord or MPs can no longer lead an army
- gets rid of people who hadn't wanted to defeat Charles
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