Interregnum issues
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- Created on: 16-04-19 20:14
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- Political, foreign policy, religious and economical issues of Interregnum period
- Political
- 1653-Barebones parliament- selected not elected- resigns due to disagreements over religion, law and property
- 1654-First protectorate- dismissed by Cromwell when they voted to only raise militia by consent of parliament
- 1657-Humble petition and advice- Cromwell offered position as king, ended arbitrary exclusion
- 1659- Royalist uprising led by George booth in Cheshire stopped by Lambert
- Rule of major generals 1655-1657- the country was split into 12 sections- militaristic rule- financed by a tax of one tenth on the estates of known royalists- finished when the decimation tax failed to pass in parliament in 1657- disliked by the gentry as many of the major generals were working class- one of the major generals shut down 200 ale houses
- Foreign policy
- 1649- massacre in Drogheda and Wexford, shows problem with Ireland
- 1650-Defeat Scottish at Dunbar
- 1651- defeat Charles Stuart as Worcester
- Religious
- Jewish people allowed in England shows religious tolerance
- 1656 James Naylor case- shows leniency as he was only flogged, branded and had his tongue bored for committing blasphemy
- Economical
- There was economic stability during the interregnum
- Increase in Tithes- religious tax
- Political
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