History A-Level
Restoration Settlement
What Restoration Settlement means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Restoration Settlement
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The series of measures from 1660 to 1664 that re-established monarchy, Lords and Commons, but left unresolved tensions over finance, religion and prerogative.
Topics that use Restoration Settlement
- The quest for political stability, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Conflict between Crown and Parliament
- Constitutional experiments and failure
- Exclusion Crisis
- Legitimacy and authority
- Lord Protector
- Personal Rule
- The collapse of trust and compromise
- The role of the army in politics
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