made a schism in the church. Gillespie and those who held similar views would become known as Protestors for protesting against the resolution to rescind the act, while those who supported the resolution to rescind the act would become known as Resolutioners. The divisions in the Kirk and the Scottish Nation made the subjugation of Scotland easier for the English both militarily as the New Model Army could engage and defeat disparate Scottish armies in detail, and politically the English Commonwealth was able use the disunity to gain a political advantage over both parties. See also Third Civil War in Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms English invasion of Scotland in Third English Civil War Battle of Dunbar (1650) Notes References Attribution 17th century in Scotland Covenanters Political history of Scotland Wars of the Three Kingdoms