ent explaining what Monck was doing. At the same time, Lambert escaped from his imprisonment and called a reunion of his men to try to overthrow Monck. Monck, who insisted that all regiments of Parliament say that they will obey him without a question and abide by any decision of Parliament. was overthrown on Parliaments decision to offer Charles II the throne of England. Eleven years after his fathers execution, Charles II crossed the English channel to be crowned King of England and to mark the restoration of the English Monarchy that had been abolished during the Civil War. The first task of the reestablished Monarchy was to rid themselves of Oliver Cromwells army. The Monarchy had full Parliamentary support to complete this task. Charles formed the 1st Regiment of foot guards and with Moncks army, the 2nd Regiment of foot guards was made. What was originally Cromwells Regiment of horse was divided into the Duke of Yorks lifeguards and the Royal Horse Guards. This was the beginning of the British Regular Army. Although it was almost impossible to demolish the entire army, King Charles II did the best job that he could. Charles II was compelled to make an Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, which some criticized as indemnity to enemies, oblivion to friends. However, this was simply a reflection of the fact that Parliament won the English Civil War and that restoration of the Monarchy was an act of grace. Because of this, Parliament and the King made some agreements: the King could never take money from citizens without consenting with Parliament first as well as never operating outside the courts of the common law through the Star chamber- a forum for commonfolk to voice their opinions. As well, the King had complete power over military decisions and no one would have powers over the King. Despite all the chaos and disorder within the Monarchy and Parliament, constitution and structure or society and government appeared untouched by the tr...
