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Agitator is a term for a person that actively supports some ideology
Ideology

An ideology is a set of aims and ideas, especially in politics. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society....
 or movement with speeches and especially actions.

English Agitators
In the English-speaking world
English-speaking world

The English-speaking world consists of those countries or regions that use the English language to one degree or another....
, the term first referred to men who were elected to present complaints of army soldiers, including the New Model Army
New Model Army

The New Model Army was formed in 1645 by the roundhead in the English Civil War. It differed from other armies in the same conflict in that it was intended as an army liable for service anywhere in the country, rather than being tied to a single area or garrison....
 of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
, during the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
. They were also known as adjutators.

The practice begun in 1647 when the Long Parliament
Long Parliament

The Long Parliament is the name of the List of Parliaments of England called by Charles I of England, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars....
 wanted to either disband the armies or send them to Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.






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Agitator is a term for a person that actively supports some ideology
Ideology

An ideology is a set of aims and ideas, especially in politics. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society....
 or movement with speeches and especially actions.

English Agitators


In the English-speaking world
English-speaking world

The English-speaking world consists of those countries or regions that use the English language to one degree or another....
, the term first referred to men who were elected to present complaints of army soldiers, including the New Model Army
New Model Army

The New Model Army was formed in 1645 by the roundhead in the English Civil War. It differed from other armies in the same conflict in that it was intended as an army liable for service anywhere in the country, rather than being tied to a single area or garrison....
 of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
, during the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
. They were also known as adjutators.

The practice begun in 1647 when the Long Parliament
Long Parliament

The Long Parliament is the name of the List of Parliaments of England called by Charles I of England, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars....
 wanted to either disband the armies or send them to Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Most soldiers did not agree with this and eight of the cavalry
Cavalry

The Cavalry is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat, it represents the mobility and offensive power of the armed forces....
 regiments elected representatives they called commissioners, who presented the soldiers' complaints, including the fact that their payments were eight weeks late. On April 3 1647 their letter was read in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
. Before the generals could return to London, parliament again decided to disband the army and settled June 1 as the date that would happen.

Following the example of the Ironsides
Ironside (cavalry)

Ironside was the name given to a trooper in the Roundhead cavalry formed by England political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War....
, other units followed suit and foot soldiers elected Agitators. The Agitators, with two officers from each regiment and the Generals formed a new body called the Army Council which after a rendezvous (meeting) near Newmarket on Friday 4 June 1647 issued "A Solemne Engagement
Solemn Engagement

The Solemn Engagement was a declaration to the English British House of Commons adopted unanimously by the Army Council commanded by Thomas Fairfax at Newmarket, Suffolk on May 29th, 1647....
 of the Army, under the Command of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax" to Parliament on 8 June making their concerns known, and also the constitution of the Army Council so that Parliament would understand that the discontent was army-wide and had the support of both officers and other ranks. This Engagement was read out to the army at a general rendezvous on 5 June.

A few weeks later there was another rendezvous at while the army was camped at Thriplow Heath near Royston
Royston

Royston is the name of several places:* Royston, South Yorkshire, England* Royston, British Columbia, Canada* Royston, Hertfordshire England...
, the soldiers refused the offers made by Parliament, and the agitators demanded a march towards London and the "purging" of the House of Commons.

Later Levellers
Levellers

The Levellers were members of a mid 17th century England political movement, who came to prominence during the English Civil Wars. They were not a political party in the modern sense of the word, and did not all conform to any specific manifesto....
 adopted many of the Agitator's ideas.

Negative sense


The term was first used in a negative sense about those who supported Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 Home rule
Home rule

Home rule refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self-governance within the greater administrative purview of the central government....
 and/or independence
Irish independence

Irish independence may refer to:* Irish War of Independence - a guerrilla war fought between the Irish Republican Army, under the Irish Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
, especially Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell , known as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Ireland political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century....
.

See also

  • Agitprop
    Agitprop

    Agitprop is a portmanteau of agitation and propaganda. The term originated in Bolshevist Russia , where the term was a shortened form of ????? ???????? ? ?????????? , i.e., Department for Agitation and Propaganda, which was part of the Central and regional committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
    .