oliver cromwell
Sir Oliver Cromwell was a strong and well-outspoken person. Though he came from an average middle-class family. He became a member of parliament in 1640; he used his resources such as fellow parliament relatives to be elected. He became active in parliament with subjects on religion and They're where three major characteristics of Cromwell's childhood. They were his social connections, his parents, and his schooling. Cromwell's family was neither poor nor rich. Once he spoke to Parliament saying "I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity"howel. He came from a middle-class family with a mark of gentility. He grew up in Huntingdon, England. gaunt He went to the local grammar school where he met a major Puritan influence in his life Dr. Thomas Beard his schoolmaster. He clearly had shaped some of Cromwell's views on life, and his faith. There is little official evidence on whether this is true because there are sources with many discretions and little is known about his childhood because he usually little is known on people who reach fame as an adult, but Beard is described as a uncompromising greedy puritan. It was sa
This started the most crucial time for Cromwell to become lord protector. It was Cromwell and the Parliamentary forces versus Charles and his army. Also at this time A war didn't break out right away. Charles tested Cromwell's patience stalling for time. During this time many rumors spread about him. The Leaders of the Puritan Church claimed Oliver had slept with many women and had many children. There were rumors that Cromwell was a hypocrite and with Control of England would only be worse than Charles. Cromwell didn't let this bother him though he was losing his temper it wasn't to the rumors , but with Charles stalling. Charles was looking for resources for his army from the Scots and Irish. He eventually fled to Scotland and the first civil war was over. Charles said he would compromise but when he came back to England refused . Also Parliament was starting to be sick of fighting and wanted the armies to go away. They decided not to financially assist Cromwell's army as they had in the past. Cromwell's army was fedup with the shortage of food and supplies. Charles saw this and knew it was the time to attack . Cromwell was also building his army choosing only men that were "honest, sober, Christians"hayes. Oliver and Charles's battles started. In the beginning Charles won most of the battles. Fortunately more Englishmen joined Cromwell to fight the uprising Irish who saw a perfect time to revolt against English rule. Cromwell was the head of the army and won many battles against the Irish , and Scots. He outnumbered them in troops , and in spirit. England was thrilled with Cromwell's success . The Parliament was fully funding the war , while Charles had no where to go for help. His only hope were the Irish and Scots who were continually massarcerd. Cromwell had a great prejudice against other religions , as England had a prejudice for foreigners. Cromwell was considered a "angel" to the people . In every speech Cromwell thanked God many times. He said it was all the will of God. Though really it was the great nmber of troops he had. Fighting the Irish was almost a joke. The Irish were a divided people and couldn't sum up the numbers like Cromwell. Eventually the Scots saw this and unlike the Irish teamed up to form a 21,000 army versus Cromwell's 8,600 . Remarkably Cromwell won , whether this was divine power or the fact Scottish ineptitude was the reason for the great loss.Now the King's threat , and the Scttish threat was eliminated. December 2nd , 1648 was a proud time for England with the English army marching through the streets of London. The army had control over the government now , with now compromising with a selfish king. Tal
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