Early Stuart England

Spring 1649

Fearing that they have merely traded one tyranny for another, the Levellers rise up to overthrow the infant Rump regime.

Winter 1649

The men who executed the King struggled to define the new political world they've created.

1649

London adapts to being the centre of a merchant republic with global ambitions.

1649

The new masters of London re-organize England's system of international trade, with their eyes firmly set on the East India Company.

1633-1649

The Calvert family founds the experimental colony of Maryland, but soon find their efforts undermined by the chaos of war.

1642-1649

With trans-Atlantic ties disrupted by war, the American colonies are forced to grow up quickly.

1643-1648

Decades of conflict come to an end in Europe, presenting post-monarchical England with a brand new geo-political landscape.

1649

After a decade of conflict, England finds itself a changed nation on a new trajectory into the 1650s.

January 1649

The King is put on trial. His life, and the future of England, hang in the balance.

December 1648

A heavily purged parliament ends two and a half years of stalemate by putting the King on trial for his life.