impact of civil war dates

1640

parliament attacked Charles methods

1640

failure to compromise

1640

forced to call parliament because of finance

1640

bishops wars, country divided religiously

1640

treaty of ripon

1641

act of attainder

1641

emergence of opposition in parliament

1646

Newcastle propositions

1647

heads of proposals

1647

levellers call for religious reform

1647

agreement of the people

1647

putney debates

1648

levellers call for economic reform

1648

levellers prevent rump from paying army

1648

prides purge

1648

new model army wouldn’t settle with king, wanted him gone

1649

new model army thought they had providence

1649

regicide pushed by army, committed by rump parliament

1649

puritan takeover by Cromwell during interregnum