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GCSE History · key term
Radicals also called True Levellers who sought communal ownership of land and established communities cultivating common and waste land, including Gerrard Winstanley’s settlement in Surrey in 1649.
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Paper 3
Revise: Attempts at Settlement and the Rise of RadicalismThe Diggers began their settlements in 1649, while the Quakers developed from Fox’s preaching in the late 1640s and grew considerably during the 1650s. Their later experiences show the continuing religious and political impact of the wars within the wider period ending in 1660.
Distinguish the Levellers’ demands for political rights from the Diggers’ challenge to private ownership of land.
Keep reactions precise: Parliament imprisoned Lilburne; army commanders suppressed Leveller mutinies; local gentry used legal action and violence against the Diggers.
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