Restoration of Charles II
During the year 1660 on the twenty-fifth of May Charles II regained his crown of England. This regaining of power occurred because of the year 1651 when Charles took his army to fight against Oliver Cromwell only to be defeated. The young king was forced into exile for the next ten years of his life. This period of time is known as the Restoration. A good question to ask about the Restoration period is why England welcomed back Charles? There were several factors involved in Charles returning to power. Charles had loyal people who do anything for him. The Royalist people kept the faith and the cause going. They had secret groups in and outside the government of England working for the cause of Charles the II. The Sealed Knot group is an example of the secret agencies or persons that Charles had working for him during the English Commonwealth time in parliament. These people and groups were a key element for Charles and the restoring of him in England. Another key element was the restless pursuit in which Charles had throughout is exile. Furthermore this paper will attempt to answer some of the questions of why Charles did get another chance"September 1651, Charles takes an army of 16 000, an army of Scott's and English men in
With the Sealed Knots group becoming less active Charles had no choice but to call upon another person to deal with the problem of the Cromwell Commonwealth. "On March 1st, 1657 John Mordaunt leader of The Royalist Action party, was created the plenipotentiary or the Great Trust commissions guy by Charles II. He did this to show the confidence in which he had with John Mordaunt." The idea was for John to take the place of Sir Richard Willis and wait for the correct time to take the government from Oliver Cromwell. Over the next couple of year's times in England were changing and that also meant the Cromwell government? Many people were tired of the way in which Cromwell was running things so Royalist began fleeing England and headed straight to Charles court in Bruges. Between August of 1656 and March of 1657 Charles army rose from a mere 400 men to 2500 men by March. The major problem was the amount of funds available to support the men. The Spanish government was stretched thin and was having problems paying their own soldiers and servants." With the type of circumstances dealt to Charles he was unable to provided a legitimate rising with out proper funds. Again when Charles seemed to be making ground towards his uprising limited funds left him waiting for another opportunity. As campaigns broke down, it unlikely that Charles II would ever his thrown again. The next move for Charles and his court was to ahead for the Spanish Netherlands and receive any available aid they offered. "From the years 1656 to 1660 Charles would feed off the most powerful monarch of the time. The reason why the Spanish provided aid was because they had agreed upon helping any kings or important figures in politics that were in exile. The government provided Charles with personal quarters for him and his court in the city Bruges, plus an allowance of 3000 ecus a month. Charles knew that the money provided was not enough to support him and his court but it would help towards his restoration. order to engage in battle against Oliver Cromwell and his parliamentary force. Oliver Cromwell army was fighting for a cause and his men were behind him all the way. The battle occurred at a field in Worcester, a battlefield Charles probably wished he never entered. After a few months of battle Charles army fell to Cromwell and Charles disappeared." Why he vanished was simple, he had lost his power of government to an army and a price was put upon his head. This would be the start of Charles exile from his country and crown and the beginning for Charles to attempt to restore the crown in the English Parliament. Although Charles was in exile for nearly ten years, he needed the time to reestablish he position in England and sometime to mature as a man.
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