 Complete the following phrase:  First the Kingdom of England was declared to be the Commonwealth of England and then Scotland and Ireland were briefly forced into union with England by the army. Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax were often ruthless in putting down the mutinies which occurred within their own army towards the end of the civil wars prompted by Parliaments failure to pay the troops. They showed little sympathy for the Levellers, an egalitarian movement which had contributed greatly to Parliaments cause but sought representation for ordinary citizens. The Leveller point of view had been strongly represented in the Putney Debates, held between the various factions of the army in 1647, just prior to the kings temporary escape from army custody. Cromwell and the grandees were not prepared to permit such a radical democracy and used the debates to play for time while the future of the King was being determined. Catholics were persecuted zealously under Cromwell.Although he personally was in favour of religious toleration  liberty for tender consciences  not all his compatriots agreed. The war led to much 