the long parliament

• • General Monck made a deal with excluded members of the Rump Parliament to restore them on the condition they dissolve the parliament and call for a general election.
• • Many of the restored MPs had Royalist sympathies, ensuring that a new parliament would likely favor the monarchy, making Charles II’s return increasingly probable.
• • The restored Long Parliament formed a new Council of State with monarchist sympathies and appointed Monck as captain-general of the army.
• • Monck had political opponents like Lambert imprisoned in the Tower, solidifying his control over the army and the political situation.
• • The Long Parliament ultimately dissolved itself, paving the way for a new assembly and the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II.