Consolidation of commercial power
After the elimination of the The newly born republic, now in full control of the British Isles, tried to consolidate its commercial power, and England made a decisive step towards naval supremacy.
In 1653 A group of MPs, who represented the commercial middle classes, became known as the Whigs; another group, called Tories, supported the authority of both king and Church. Broadly speaking the inheritors of the Parliamentarians and Royalists.