The 1650s: Britain's Decade Without a Crown
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Civil War in England and Ireland
The impact of the civil war on britain and ireland in 16 forty nine was tremendous. The trade that completely ground to a halt, and them people went ness. People don't really care who's in charge, so long as they can plough and go to market. To be able to simply get on with life is actually a more pressing concern than kind of whether or not the person in charge in london is a lord protector or a king. And i think it's one of the reasons why it wasn't foregone conclusion that the whole thing was going to fail.
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