Modern History Europe From Charlemagne to the Present Time
Modern History Europe From Charlemagne to the Present Time
Willis M Willis Mason West
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The remnant of the Commons abolished monarchy and the House of Lords, and set up a Republic under the name of the Commonwealth (1649). " The people, " they declared, in a famous statement of principle, " are, under God, the original of all just power; and the Com- mons of England in Parliament assembled, being chosen by the people, have the supreme power in this nation. " Under the " Commonwealth, " the Long Parliament continued to form the government, without reelection. Early in the year it h...ad brought the deposed King to trial for treason, and Charles had been executed January 30, dying with better grace than he had lived. The Scots, unprepared for this extreme action and angered at the overthrow of Presbyterianism, crowned the son of the dead king as Charles II, and invaded England to place him on the throne. Cromwell crushed them at Worcester, and the young "King of the Scots" escaped to the continent. 248. The Protectorate. Cromwell was now anxious for a new Parliament and a settlement of the constitution.
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