Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajaloo eksamiküsimused
The Rump
abolished the House of Lords, passed a resolution that stated that the Commons of England in
Parliament assembled have the supreme power in this nation. They also confiscated the
Crown, Church, Royalists' lands and sold the outright.
*Regicide 1649 The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, it
refers to the judicial execution of a king after alleged due process of law. King Charles I was
executed after losing The Second Civil War to the Parliamentarists. He was a prisoner of the
Parliamentarians. When it became obvious to the leaders of the Parliamentarians that they
could not negotiate a settlement with him and they could not trust him to refrain from raising
an army against them, they came to the conclusion that they would have to kill him. He was
found guilty and his death warrant was signed by 59 Commissioners.
*The Commonwealth 1649-1660 Was the government for the common good, the