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Because Cromwell had failed to make a satisfactory plan for his succession.

The eldest son, Richard Cromwell, was appointed as the next Protector of the Realm, but had neither the talent nor the inclination to fulfil the role. The English had got tired of military rule, and welcomed back the Stuarts in the form of the Merry Monarch, Charles the Second.

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