Republican rule 1649-1660
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- Created on: 18-04-16 18:50
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Republican rule 1649-1660
Reasons for stable government attempts failing- Rump
- No planning for new system after regicide and the regime lacked political nation support as new elections not held due to conservative majority
- Proposed reforms eg Law reform were met with opposition
- No support from propertied class as it was too dependent on large standing army
- Army~ high taxation ( raised £90,000 per month), regicide, crushed opposition to commonwealth eg Ireland ( Drogheda and Wexford)
- Greater gentry withdrew from public life
- Cromwell dissolved Rump in 1653 because
- rump introduced repressive measure eg Adultery and Blasphemy acts
- Looking after its own measures ( New elections that would increase conservative majority
Role Of Oliver Cromwell
- Nominated Assembly 1653 (barebones and short lived)
- Godly reformation of good citizens in Parliament
- Enacted a series of moderate reforms (war with Dutch, debt, Lunatics, civil marriages)
- Radical minority, conservative lesser gentry majority
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