History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0451 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Restoration
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The idea
Charles the Second took the throne in sixteen sixty, eleven years after his father was executed and the English Civil War set royalists against Cromwell's parliamentary forces.
In practice
Subjects wanting stability asking Charles to be king and bring the interregnum to an end.
Where people slip
He committed to expanding England's overseas possessions through proprietary colonies granted to trusted individuals.
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