AP European History Practice Test 2, Section I, Part A (^) ‹ 249
- Who were Gerrard Winstanley and his Diggers
resisting?
A. The king in the English Civil War
B. Parliament in the English Civil War
C. The enclosure movement
D. The institution of the three-field agricultural
system - What actions did the Parliamentarian regime
that was victorious in the English Civil War in
1649 take?
. A Parliament supported the efforts of
Winstanley and the Diggers to return to old
customs.
. B Parliament was determined to drive
Winstanley and the Diggers off of all
common land.
C. Parliament rewarded Winstanley and the
Diggers for their previous support by award-
ing them use of the commons.
D. Parliament was indifferent to Winstanley
and his movement.
“England is not a free people, till the poor that have no land,
have a free allowance to dig and labour the commons.. .”
Gerrard Winstanley, 1649
Questions 15 and 16 refer to the image below.
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