Many historians have asked the same question was a Oliver Cromwell considered a hero or was he a tyrant? What is a tyrant and a puritan first of all? A tyrant is defined as a cruel and oppressive ruler and a puritan is a member of a group of English protestants. Oliver Cromwell was born in England in 1599 and was elected to represent Cambridge in 1640 where he was sent to Parliament. He was considered a military genius for leading the army during the Civil War. In 1655 the army decided that Cromwell should become England’s new ruler, but when the Parliament opposed he shut it down. Cromwell had military power so he ruled over by using the military. in his reign in power he made harsh laws that banned mostly everything that he considered pointless
