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A summary of Oliver Cromwell - Oliver Cromwell - KS3 History Revision - BBC Bitesize

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Oliver Cromwell was a puritan

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After his death Charles II ordered him to be dug up and hung for treachery.

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Charles I became king in 1625

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Charles army were the Cavaliers and were made up of mainly the rich

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In 1649 Charles I was defeated and put on trial for treason and was executed

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Charles I being executed

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at the end of the first civil war in 1642, cromwell and the army tried to negotiate peace with charles 1.

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Oliver Cromwell was born 25th April 1599 in Huntingdon.

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He had nine children although only six survived.

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He is the only English king to have been executed.

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king1st charles had a stammer

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Charles I became king due to the death of his elder brother.

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Charles 1 was the first ever king to be exectued.

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Oliver Cromwell was an English military leader and member of Parliament

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He imposed a tax known as ship money which was very unpopular.

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He studied at Sydney Sussex College in Cambridge although never graduated

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He Helped England Create a Republic Helping England make a republic is probably what Oliver Cromwell is best known for.

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After many battles, Charles I was defeated in 1645 and imprisoned on the Isle of Wight

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He Married and Had a Family Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier on August 22, 1620.

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Charles1 became king in in 1625

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Cromwell increased the navy, which defeated the Dutch and captured Jamaica from the Spanish

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He married Henrietta Maria who was a roman catholic

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He plotted the second English civil war in captivity

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https://www.softschools.com/facts/biography/oliver_cromwell_facts/3758/

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17 Captivating Facts about Oliver Cromwell - Fact City

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Oliver Cromwell died on 3rd September 1658, aged 59. He died due to a form of malaria.

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HH Oliver Cromwell was best known for his time as lord protector of the new English republic

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HH Oliver Cromwell was best known for his time as lord protector of the new English republic

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Charles I married Henrietta Maria who was a CATHOLIC! woman when charles was a puritan

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HH Oliver Cromwell became a Puritan at some point, with the belief that the Bible should determine all actions in one's daily life. 

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HH Oliver Cromwell became a Puritan at some point, with the belief that the Bible should determine all actions in one's daily life. 

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HH Oliver Cromwell became the New Model Army's second in command in 1645. Victories included gaining control over Ireland and Scotland.

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HH Oliver Cromwell became the New Model Army's second in command in 1645. Victories included gaining control over Ireland and Scotland.

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Now Oliver Cromwell was a mean and nasty parliament member who wanted everything that was fun to be banned and pretty much the only things he allowed were going to church and smoking

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Oliver Cromwell family tree.

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His disagreements with the parliament led to the English Civil War. Parliament was dominated by critics...

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HH Oliver Cromwell was a brutal military leader who believed in not just beating his enemies but decimating them. ... In the wake of Charles I's execution, Cromwell led his army to take on the Catholics and Royalists in Ireland, whom he regarded as a threat to the new republic.

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HH Oliver Cromwell was a brutal military leader who believed in not just beating his enemies but decimating them. ... In the wake of Charles I's execution, Cromwell led his army to take on the Catholics and Royalists in Ireland, whom he regarded as a threat to the new republic.

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king Charles I king of england

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King Charles ruled from 1625-1649

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Charles I (19 November 1600 - 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603 (as James I), he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.

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Oliver Cromwell Banned Christmas, sport and theatre

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Oliver Cromwell paid an artist to paint a true picture of him that showed his warts and imperfections. This is where the expression 'warts and all' comes from.

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After Cromwell captured King Charles I he stole all of his valuables including lots of silver and gold.

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Oliver Cromwell once scraped off his warts using a knife and turned up to parliament with blood on his collar.

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King Charles I had a terrible speech stutter. His enemies used this against him to be mean.

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King Charles 1 was executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall

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Following the end of the civil war Charles I was taken to trial in Westminster hall. The King's trial was announced using trumpets and drums at the South end of Westminster Hall.

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Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.

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Oliver Cromwell was an English political leader and military leader who was the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland's Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. He was born Oliver Cromwell on April 25th, 1599 in Huntingdonshire, Kingdom of England, to Elizabeth Steward and Robert Cromwell

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King Charles was a King of England.

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Oliver Cromwell was a descendant of Henry VIII's minister, Thomas Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell was a mean and  nasty Parliament member who wanted everything that was fun to be banned forever and pretty much the only things he allowed were going to church, smoking and siting at home and do nothing.

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Cromwell was responsible for what became known as the New Model Army, who led bloody campaigns to claim Ireland and Scotland under the English.

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the vest and clothing worn by Charles I when he was executed is on display at the Museum of London.

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Cromwell was a Puritan, who opposed Charles I, the King, in the Long Parliament (so called because of its eight year duration) that first met in 1640. During the Civil War he fought for Parliament. He thought that Parliamentary leaders did not do enough to try to defeat Charles I.

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Cromwell was a Puritan, who opposed Charles I, the King, in the Long Parliament (so called because of its eight year duration) that first met in 1640. During the Civil War he fought for Parliament. He thought that Parliamentary leaders did not do enough to try to defeat Charles I.

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When Oliver Cromwell returned to Parliament he found the rump the few remaining MP's

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Charles I was born in Fife on 19 November 1600, the second son of James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark.

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Cromwell was a small landowner from Cambridgeshire. In his 30s, he became committed to Puritanism - English Protestants who wanted a "purer" version of Christianity distancing it from existing Catholicism. In 1640, he became a Member of Parliament, and supported those MPs who opposed the king.

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When he died, he left five surviving children.

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Oliver Cromwell wanted to ban all fun

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He thought Christmas was a Pagan festival and banned it

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Oliver Cromwell was a political leader.

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Cromwell was a brutal ruler – choosing to execute King Charles I, and imposing harsh rules upon all those who supported the very idea of royalism in the country.

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Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.

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Died: January 30, 1649

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King Charles I died on 30th of January 1649

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Cromwell was a Puritan, who opposed Charles I, the King, in the Long Parliament (so called because of its eight year duration) that first met in 1640. During the Civil War he fought for Parliament. He thought that Parliamentary leaders did not do enough to try to defeat Charles I.

Cromwell became the leader of England in 1649 by leading the New Model Army. This included opponents that held different opinions about the type and degree of changes they wanted but they all agreed that Charles needed to change policies or go.

After the Civil War

At the end of the first Civil War in 1646, Cromwell and the Army tried to negotiate peace with Charles I. In 1648 Charles I betrayed them starting the Second Civil War and they resolved to 'bring him to account'. Cromwell was one of those who tried Charles in 1649 and sentenced him to death.

Parliament asked Cromwell to crush the remaining royalist supporters of the king, who continued to rebel, against the authority of Parliament. He did this brutally, especially in Ireland and in particular at the siege of Drogheda in 1649.

The Protectorate

When Cromwell returned to Parliament, he found the 'Rump', the last few remaining MPs, of the Long Parliament that was still sitting. He found that he could not agree with them about how to rule the Commonwealth as to do so without a king was an entirely new and untested concept. To solve this problem, the army as the most powerful group took control and declared Cromwell Lord Protector. The title was to suggest he was not a king but in reality he ruled as such.

As Protector, Cromwell could not agree with his Parliaments and he dismissed them both. Instead, he ruled the country through his major-generals, which meant that England virtually became a military dictatorship.

He allowed greater religious freedom for Protestants, but introduced a string of 'moral' laws to 'improve' people's behaviour which banned the theatre and bear-baiting, and forbade people to drink or celebrate Christmas, among other things.

Cromwell increased the navy, which defeated the Dutch and captured Jamaica from the Spanish.

When Cromwell died, he was succeeded by his son Richard, but the Protectorate collapsed and Charles II was restored as king shortly after.

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Cromwell was born into the middle gentry to a family descended from the sister of Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell.

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Cause of death: Capital punishment

Born: November 19, 1600

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Cromwell died from natural causes in 1658 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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King Charles was executed on 30/01/1649

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Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on 25 April 1599

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The Self-Denying Ordinance - this made every man who was an MP resign from the army. This meant the army was independent of Parliament.

The creation of the 'New Model Army' – a well-trained, well-equipped, well-disciplined, well-organised army, with officers chosen for ability rather than social standing. It was politically open to new ideas and most soldiers were Puritans and so they supported Cromwell.

After the New Model Army defeated Charles I, there were three powers in the country trying to negotiate the peace – the king, the Parliament and the army. Cromwell and his son-in-law Henry Ireton suggested a settlement called the 'Heads of the Proposals'.

When Charles I started the Second Civil War, Cromwell resolved to bring that man of blood to justice. He was one of the people who signed the legal authority for Charles I's execution.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell

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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=charles+I+facts&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

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Children: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, James, Lord Beauclerk, unnamed child1 Stuart, Cecelia FitzRoy

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Oliver Cromwell was an English political leader and military leader who was the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland's Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. He was born Oliver Cromwell on April 25th, 1599 in Huntingdonshire, Kingdom of England, to Elizabeth Steward and Robert Cromwell. Oliver's grandfather on his father's side was one of the wealthiest landowners in Huntingdonshire, but his own father was not, but they lived well at the time. Oliver attended Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge but left in 1617 following his father's death. He did not earn a degree by the time he left school, although it is believed he attended London Inns of Court for a time.

Interesting Oliver Cromwell Facts:

Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620. Her father was wealthy and owned a lot of land in Essex.

Oliver and Elizabeth had nine children together.

In 1628 Oliver Cromwell became a Member of Parliament. In 1630 he was called before Privy Council in 1630 after being caught up in a dispute in Huntingdon's gentry.

In 1631 Oliver Cromwell sold the majority of his property in Huntingdon and moved to St Ives to a farmstead, which was considered a major step down in social circles. He kept sheep and chickens and sold the eggs and wool in order to earn a living.

In 1642 when the English Civil War broke out, Oliver Cromwell was appointed army commander. The plan was to overthrow King Charles I.

In 1643 Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector.

Oliver Cromwell became a Puritan at some point, with the belief that the Bible should determine all actions in one's daily life.

Oliver Cromwell became the New Model Army's second in command in 1645. Victories included gaining control over Ireland and Scotland.

Under Oliver Cromwell, Jews were allowed to settle in England. This was the first time in close to 400 years.

Oliver Cromwell banned religious holidays in 1647 (including Christmas) because he believed them to be pagan festivals.

In 1649 King Charles I was executed under the orders of the court, despite many officers not wanting to go along with it. Oliver signed the order for the execution, followed by the second officer. The king was executed on January 30th, 1649.

Following the execution the 'Commonwealth of England' was declared. Rebellions soon followed and Oliver had to fight these.

Oliver Cromwell was known for attacking towns and villages as he tried to overthrow Ireland.

Oliver Cromwell is either loved or hated depending on historical accounts of his actions.

In 1657 Parliament offered Oliver Cromwell the crown of England after ratifying a new constitutional settlement but he turned it down as it would have made him a hypocrite.

Oliver Cromwell died in 1658 from a kidney infection. His son Richard succeeded him as Lord Protector but he was not very popular.

In 1659 Richard resigned and King Charles II came out of exile to restore the monarchy.

Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey in 1661. He was hanged.

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Cromwell became the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in the Parliament of 1628–1629, as a client of the Montagu family of Hinchingbrooke House.

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Oliver Cromwell