Commonwealth period (1649–1653)

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The Commonwealth period (1649–1653) was the early republican phase of English government following the execution of Charles I, marked by rule without a monarch and dominated politically by the Rump Parliament and the New Model Army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
actualPowerHolder New Model Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Commonwealth of England ⓘ
English Commonwealth ⓘ
capital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
conflict Anglo-Scottish War (1650–1651) ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Civil War

Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Third English Civil War ⓘ
constitutionalChange abolition of the House of Lords ⓘ
abolition of the monarchy ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Act abolishing the Kingly Office ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currency pound sterling ⓘ
dominatedBy New Model Army ⓘ
Rump Parliament ⓘ
endedBy dissolution of the Rump Parliament by Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
endTime 1653 ⓘ
event Pride's Purge aftermath ⓘ
establishment of the Council of State ⓘ
trial and execution of Charles I ⓘ
followedBy Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
followsEvent execution of Charles I ⓘ
foreignPolicy commercial rivalry with the Dutch Republic ⓘ
naval expansion ⓘ
governmentForm republic ⓘ
headOfState Council of State ⓘ
importantLegislation Navigation Act 1651 ⓘ
keyFigure Henry Ireton ⓘ
John Bradshaw ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
legislativeBody Rump Parliament ⓘ
officialName Commonwealth of England ⓘ
partOf Interregnum (England) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
politicalSystem parliamentary supremacy in theory ⓘ
precededBy English Civil War ⓘ
Personal Rule of Charles I ⓘ
religionPolicy Puritan influence ⓘ
limited religious toleration for Protestants ⓘ
slogan Commonwealth and Free State ⓘ
startTime 1649 ⓘ
territorialClaim England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ

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English Commonwealth → hasPart → Commonwealth period (1649–1653) ⓘ