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John Lambert was a leading Parliamentary general during the English Civil Wars and the principal architect of the Protectorate, the form of republican government existing in England from 1653 to 1659. Coming from a well-to-do family of gentry, Lambert joined the Parliamentary army as a captain at.
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Lord Protector Cromwell. Early in the morning on 12 December 1653, while the more pious of the Members were at a prayer meeting, a group of Army supporters, led by the general John Lambert, gathered together to vote to dissolve the Parliament.
- Elizabeth I and English Patriotism
- The First Stuarts and Catholicism
- Charles I and The Power to Tax
- Cromwell and The Roundheads
- The English Protectorate
- Restoration of The Stuarts
- The Glorious Revolution
The reign of Elizabeth I was marked by the restoration of the Protestant Church of England and competition with a powerful Spain, both of which fueled a sense of modern English national identity.
Believing that their power was God-given right, James I and his son and successor, Charles I of England, reigned England in the atmosphere of repeated escalating conflicts with the English Parliament.
Charles I’s attempt to impose taxes not authorized by Parliament contributed to the ongoing conflict between the king and Parliament and eventually resulted in the passing of the 1628 Petition of Right.
The escalating conflict between Charles I of England and the English Parliament resulted in the English Civil War, in the aftermath of which monarchy disappeared for over a decade and Oliver Cromwell ruled as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Despite the revolutionary nature of the government during the Protectorate, Cromwell’s regime was marked by an aggressive foreign policy, no drastic reforms at home, and difficult relations with Parliament, which in the end made it increasingly similar to monarchy.
Over a decade after Charles I’s 1649 execution and Charles II’s 1651 escape to mainland Europe, the Stuarts were restored to the English throne by Royalists in the aftermath of the slow fall of the Protectorate.
The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William of Orange and his wife Mary that resulted in the eventual regulation of the respective powers of Parliament and the Crown in England.
Rump Parliament (6 December 1648 – 20 April 1653) Recall of the Rump (7 May 1659 – 20 February 1660) Restoration and dissolution of the Long Parliament (21 February – 16 March 1660) Aftereffects: royalist and republican theories. Notable members of the Long Parliament. Timeline. See also.
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Long Parliament, the English Parliament summoned in November 1640 by King Charles I; it has been so named to distinguish it from the Short Parliament of April–May 1640. The duration of the Long Parliament has been held to have extended either until April 1653, when its remaining members were.
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Jun 27, 2018 · He was largely responsible for the Instrument of Government setting up the Protectorate in 1653, became a major-general for the northern counties, and was widely tipped as Cromwell's successor. In 1657 however he went too far in opposing the Humble Petition and Advice and was stripped of his military and civil appointments.
This is a list of members of Parliament nominated to the English parliament convened by Oliver Cromwell in 1653. This Parliament was called the "Little Parliament", as no burgesses (representatives of cities and boroughs) were summoned to it except from the City of London. It did however include a small number of representatives for Scotland ...
