Oliver Cromwell

Well, someone suggest that he looked like a very impressive man, not as fat as Henry or as confident as him, but he got a taste of experience of leading a country. Well, I couldn't tell you exactly what he looked like, but you can see what I mean if you see his painting. ---- Go to google and type in 'Oliver Cromwell' either in images or you can do a web search then go on wikipedia, it'll show you a good portrait there.b

He was brave, strong, clever, and a wartime leader.

Cromwell was a strong puritan faith.

He wanted people to choose how they worshipped. He was the most powerful man in England.

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Yes, a very good General who was inspirational to his men. However he is not going to find many fans in Ireland: Indeed I, as an Englishman, cannot condone religious destruction, especially when women & children are slaughtered in the name of God ! He became Lord Protector & was offered the Crown. He was succeded in this by his son, prior to the restoration in 1660. I suppose the kindest thing to say about him is that he upheld the rights of Parliament. But he is a very good reason, in my opinion, why Republicanism is not good, certainly no better that the Monarchy system.

Where as other people think Oliver Cromwell is a horrible man and deserved to die ! :)

In 1653 Oliver Cromwell forced the Rump Parliament to disband and was made Lord Protector of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Cromwell was made Lord Protector. He refused to becrowned King as he thought that serving God was to run the country, and he did not need the title King to do that. That is why he called himself Lord Protector, because he didnt want to be called King.

Cromwell died at Whitehall in the afternoon of 3rd September 1658; he was 59 years old. But he did not stay buried for ages. They cut his head off and displayed it on top of Westminster hall as a warning for everyone else so they could see what could happen. It stayed up there until 1684. For a while it went missing because of all the different places it was out in but them they finally put it to rest in Cambridge and the year was 1960.

and he was a chicken dipper

Oliver Cromwell was dung up and Charles ii had him hung, drawn and quartered. his head was then stuck on the end of a pole at West Minister Abbey to warn people not to betray the king. When Charles ii died the family sold the head to a museum owner who displayed the head, when he died the head was passed on to a scientist, finally when he died the head was buried by his family. Nobody knows where the head is today ... it still remains a mystery.

Because he wanted more power for himself and didn't want parliament getting in the way. He basically did when the king before him did

It was his son Richard

He led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War and won (1599-1658) he was good in all sorts of political and military skills but as said. he won the civil war and was elected as the new ruler. (he was already a MP)

He was a puritan and they believed the theater was sinful

He had comfortable clothing and footwear, good food, lots of weapons. I had to do this for homework so i know how you feel, it's quite hard to think of how he could improve.

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i got an exam on this and all the other history stuff aswel really hard

After Oliver Cromwell's death, the power of the government was passed to his son, Richard Cromwell. However, after two year's of Richard's death, the people demanded the monarchy back and Charles II was reinstated as King of England.

There were a couple of names for the Cromwell period. It was called the English Interregnum or the Protectorate.

Both Charles the first and Oliver Cromwell had a Parliament in which they needed the approval of to tax or change certain laws, although Charles tended to dissolve his parliaments for long periods, only restoring them when he needed money for wars.

Parliament overthrew Charles and abolished the monarchy in England and claimed it a commonwealth.

Cromwell later took the title of Lord Protector to act as a figurehead as the Commonwealth Parliament were incapable of agreeing on how to run the country.

The only similarity seem to be the fact that a single individual had to be in charge of the country.

Yes, he did- it was the army of the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War. Extremely highly trained, they were the most disciplined military force England had seen since the Romans, and they were equipped with the latest in weaponry, armour and equipment.

The standard uniform of a Parliamentarian trooper, consisting of a long leather jacket, black trousers with knee-length boots, leather gauntlets and steel helmet with face-grille, looks quite modern even by today's standards!

he believed in kissing babys and having baths.

his famous quote's were "go have a bath..."

and "i like big liver's and i cannot lie"

LOL I DIDNT WRITE THIS BUT ITS FUNNY

Oliver Cromwell and his Parliament did abolish Christmas in 1647. Christians of the time believed the acts of decorating and feasting to be pagan in nature. After the celebration of Christmas was abolished, the ban on Christmas did not lift until 1660 when Oliver Cromwell was no longer in power.

Oliver Cromwell turned down the crown because he had signed for Charles I to be killed, he felt guilty to take the position because it would look like he killed him to become King.

He also refused it due to pressure from the New Model Army who had originally given him his power. Cromwell felt that God had already determined that England was not to be ruled by a monarch as demonstrated in the defeat of Charles I in the Civil Wars.

He originally was educated at a grammar school in Huntingdon, England. Later, he studied law at Sidney Sussex College, part of Cambridge University. However, he never completed a degree at Cambridge, and he only studied there briefly.

he never was a king, he called himself Lord Protector after the Civil War was over

He was on Parliamentary side

He was important because he changed modern day British politics. He made an impact on history and showed that we can rule without a monarchy. He won the battle against the king and used great tactics. This makes him important.

The statue of Oliver Cromwell was built in Westminster, London.

He was an intensely religious man-a self-styled Puritan Moses-he fervently believed God was guiding his victories. He was never identified with any one sect or position, however, and strongly favoured religious tolerance for all the various Protestant groups.