English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651)

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The English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651) was Oliver Cromwell’s campaign during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms that led to the defeat of Scottish Royalist forces and the incorporation of Scotland into the English Commonwealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion
military campaign
chronologicallyOverlaps Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
commandedBy Oliver Cromwell as Captain-General of the English forces
linked to: Oliver Cromwell
follows Engagement of 1647–1648
linked to: Engagement of 1647

Second English Civil War
hasAftermath integration of Scotland into the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
military occupation of Scottish strongholds by English garrisons
hasBattle Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Battle of Inverkeithing
Battle of Worcester
hasCause English Commonwealth opposition to Stuart restoration
Scottish proclamation of Charles II as king
hasCommander Charles II of England
David Leslie
Oliver Cromwell
hasConsequence defeat of Scottish Royalist forces
incorporation of Scotland into the English Commonwealth
occupation of Scotland by English forces
hasEndTime 1651
hasLegalConsequence union of Scotland with England under a single republican government
hasLocation British Isles
Scotland
hasMainBelligerent English Commonwealth
Scottish Covenanters
Scottish Royalists
hasNotableEvent English capture of Edinburgh
English capture of Perth
English pursuit of Charles II into England leading to Worcester
hasOutcome English Commonwealth victory
hasParticipant New Model Army
Scottish Covenanter army
hasPoliticalContext English Interregnum
linked to: Interregnum

rule of the Rump Parliament
hasReligiousContext conflict between English Independents and Scottish Presbyterians
hasResult collapse of organised Scottish military resistance
flight of Charles II into exile
hasStartTime 1650
hasStrategicObjective imposition of English Commonwealth authority over Scotland
neutralisation of Scotland as a Royalist base
hasTheatre Scottish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
isPartOf Cromwellian wars in the British Isles
opposedBy Scottish government at Edinburgh
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms

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Battle of Inverkeithing relatedEvent English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651)
Cromwell’s Scottish campaign of 1650–1651 followedBy English invasion of Scotland under George Monck
linked to: English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651)
Scottish Civil War result Cromwellian occupation of Scotland
linked to: English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651)
Treaty of Breda (1650) causeOf Scottish campaign of 1650–1651
linked to: English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651)