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The Course of the English Dictatorship

I have found that the English Dictatorship was a unique historical event, but that it shared common elements with other revolutions such as the French Revolution.

In the sixteen forties, when the Dictatorship took place, England was one of the main powers in Europe. It was a legal monarchy and Charles I had been the monarch since 1625. The war was the result of a quarrel between the King and the English Parliament over the question of whether the King or Parliament should have the last word in governing the country.

After his failed try to apprehend five members of Parliament on January 4 1642, Charles left London and both sides arranged for war. Both of the detachments were of identical figures, each around 13,000 men. The Royalists were better in cavalry until the formation of Parliament's New Model armed detachment in 1645. However, assembly held the more affluent South and East and controlled London, the majority of the ports, and the navy. Parliament could charge taxes. The King was reliant on his supporter's generosity for ready cash.

Charles I increased his benchmark at Nottingham in August 1642 and a number of inconclusive meetings followed. Although unchecked at Edgehill in October 1642, he forsook acceleration on London when confronted by a Parliamentary force at Turnham Green. He then withdrew to Oxford, which became his infantry headquarters. In 1643 the Royalists at Abwalton Moor won command of nearly all Yorkshire on June 30. At the identical time, Parliament was victorious at Winceby and took Lincoln. In the South-west there were Royalists triumphs at Lansdown and Broadway Down in July. Charles's relation, Prince Rupert, apprehended Bristol. After the inconclusive first assault of Newbury, in September, both edges searched allies. Parliament in the somber association and Covenant bought Scottish military aid. The King made calm with the Irish, thereby setting free troops for deployment in Britain.

Despite the Parliamentary victory at Marston Moor on July 2, in general the Royalist procedures of 1644 were the more successful. It was only in 1645; following the formation of the New form armed detachment that the conflict took a resolute turn. The last Royalist armed detachment was struck at Langport on July 10. The Scots cleared through the North of England, and Parliamentary forces through the South-west. The year 1646 saw the last disbandment of Royalist's troops and the surrender of Oxford. The Scots presented Charles over as a prisoner to the Parliamentarians when they left England in January 1647. Charles was the tried and executed in January 1649.The year was 1651 when Charles II successfully ended the war after a followed second and third Dictatorship. The Dictatorship caused little loss of life of destruction of property. Politically its outcome was the establishment of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.

Causes of the Revolution

The English Dictatorship was not a result of one single event or person, but was a combination of several factors which led to the events of 1642-49.

The various reasons that historians have given for the causes ...