Early Stuart England

December 1648

Frustrated with parliament's continued negotiations with the King, a group of army officers engineers a coup to seize control of Westminster.

Fall 1648

With England once again secure, parliament returns to that has plagued English politics for two and a half years - what to do with the King?

1647-1648

As the rest of the British Engager project falls apart, Ireland once again devolves into a new set of factions and alliances of convenience.

1648

Mutinies at the main navy dockyard in Chatham threaten to give royalist exiles a ticket back to England.

Summer 1648

After the defeat at the battle of Preston, the Engager government in Scotland is challenged by insurrection. Meanwhile the royalists at Colchester see their struggle is futile.

Summer 1648

The centre-piece of the Engager campaign, a long delayed Scottish incursion, begins. The New Model Army rushes north to meet the invaders.

Spring 1648

After weeks of unrest, organized, armed opposition to the regime at Westminster erupts in the form of an army mutiny in Wales, and royalist-led insurrections in Kent and Essex.

Spring 1648

Protests break out across England against the regime's religious policies, taxation, and intrusion into local affairs. The disturbances in Norwich get particularly "explosive".

December 1647

While the army contemplates an increasingly radical settlement, the King turns to last remaining option - the Scots.

Fall 1647

Now firmly in control of the kingdom, the army coalition debates what its goals are - revealing its fundamental divisions.