The Rump 1649-53
- Created by: Connie
- Created on: 12-05-15 12:00
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- The Rump
- Successes
- Ended rebellions in Ireland and Scotland, creating stability, also helping navy (Capp)
- Did introduce some religious reform such as remvoing compulsory attendance to a national church
- Politically helped establish Commonwealth by Abolishing HofL and Monarchy. (Barnard- did well in context.) Also helped facilitate selling of Royalist, Church and Crown land to pay arrears.
- Failures
- Politically Conservative- only 21 MPs in council of state justified the regicide. Engagement and Treason Act were criticised by Lilburne (ENCD)
- Religiously Conservative- Blasphemy Act and Mosaic Law criticised by John Milton
- Self-perpetuating (Smith) made up of elite and sitting 11 yrs. 'You have sat here too long for the good that you do' (Cromwell)- Woolrych- ripped up bill contained 'recruiter elections'
- Finance was bad- £1 million debt by 1653 made worse by Anglo-Dutch war failure, also making enemy of Protestant ally
- Successes
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