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The Stuart Restoration was the reinstatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland. It replaced the Commonwealth of England , established in January 1649 after the execution of Charles I , with his son Charles II .
The Restoration and the England of Charles II (2014). Morrill, John. Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction (2005) excerpt and text search; 100pp; Morrill, John, ed. The Oxford illustrated History of Tudor & Stuart Britain (1996) online, a wide-ranging standard scholarly survey. Mulligan, William, and Brendan Simms, eds.
Returning to England as part of the Stuart Restoration of 1660, William, as an English Army officer, travelled to the England's colonies in the West Indies, where he served as a prominent colonial official and married into a wealthy planter family, acquiring several slave plantations before dying in Paris in 1686.
Stuart Restoration (1660) The Commonwealth of England was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales , later along with Ireland and Scotland , [ 1 ] were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I .
Articles relating to The Restoration (1660 – 1714), of the Stuart monarchy in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland took place in 1660 when King Charles II returned. The term Restoration is also used to describe the period of several years after, in which a new political settlement was established. [1]
1 May – the Declaration of Breda is presented to the Parliament of England which acknowledges that the lawful government of the nation is by King, Lords and Commons. [5] 8 May – Parliament declares that Charles has been lawful King of England since 1649 and invites him to return. [5] 15 May – John Thurloe is arrested for high treason.
The English monarchy was restored when Charles II of England (above) became king in 1660.. Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1688), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
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