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23 Cards in this Set
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Where was Cromwell educated?
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Huntingdon - Thomas Beard
Cambridge - Sidney Sussex College. |
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what were Cromwells dates?
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1599 - 1658.
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What were Cromwell's main religous beliefs?
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Strongly Puritan
(believed God was always on their sides-Civil War). |
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What was his first post in parliament?
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MP of Huntingdon.
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When did he leave Parliament?
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1629 - when Charles I disbanded Parliament.
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Why and when did he come back to Parliament?
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because he had had a fall and rise in his fortunes - 1640
as MP for Cambridge. |
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What was so amazing about Cromwell's military skill?
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He had had no previous military training.
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What was he renowned for in the battles of Marston Moor (1644) and Naseby (1645)?
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his extremely disciplined and effective cavalry charges.
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What did Cromwell demand in his soldiers? (Roundheads)
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Discipline, honesty, and high moral standards.
(mainly due to his r. beliefs) |
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What did Cromwell help create?
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The 'New Model Army'
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when was Charles I executed, and what were Cromwell's beliefs about it?
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1649 - that it was the will of God
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When was he made Lord General?
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1650
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When did he defeat the Scotts at Dunbar?
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1650
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When did he defeat the Scotts at Worcester?
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1651 (anniversary af Dunbar)
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Why did Cromwell go to Ireland after the Civil War?
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So as to crush the Irish Catholics (had supported Royalists)
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When was the Massacre of Drifheda and why was it named so?
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1649 - because Cromwell killed all the men and woen and children there
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When did Cromwell become Lord Protector?
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1653
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What was different about the first Parliament with Cromwell in charge?
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there was a much larger franchise - Irish, Scotts.
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when and why did he later dissolve Parliament?
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1655 - because some of the members were critising the way Cromwell as ruling.
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When did Cromwell secretly negotiate with France and Spain?
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1654
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when did Cromwell divide england and Wales into 12 districts each governed by a Major General?
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1655
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What started happening to the protectorate?
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began to resemble the monarchy: adressed as 'your highness',Cromwell was offered crown but he refused 1657
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when did Cromwell die?
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1658 (anniversary of Dunbar and Worcester)
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