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He was an English military and political leader. He made England a republic called the Commonwealth of England
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The main event in the 1620s was his marriage to Elizabeth Bourchier on August 22, 1620. They had seven children: his successor, Richard Cromwell, was the third
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Cromwell was elected to the House of Commons, as MP for Huntingdon in Parliament from 1628-1629, after the Bishops' War he was forced to reconvene Parliament in 1640.
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The ruling on disputed issues in parliament led to an armed conflict between the parliamentarians and the royalists in the autumn. He raised a squadron of cavalry in Cambridgeshire. The squadron became a regiment during the winter of 1642-43
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it was crucial in overthrowing the monarchy and propelling one of its most brilliant generals, Oliver Cromwell, to power during the English Revolution
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Cromwell had the sovereign tried and executed, abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords and proclaimed the Republic or Commonwealth
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Cromwell left Ireland in May 1650, and after several months invaded Scotland.
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John Lambert pushed for a new constitution known as the Instrument of Government, as did the Principal Proposals. He made Cromwell a lifelong patron lord to obtain "the highest magistracy and administration of government." He had the power to call and dissolve parliaments, but bound by the Instrument to seek a majority vote for the Council of State.
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