Oliver Cromwell

Cavaliers and the ones against him were the Roundheads. The Roundheads were led by Oliver Cromwell and was mostly made up of Puritans. The goals of Cromwell and the Puritans were to fight for the rights of Parliament, put Charles on trial and eventually get rid of him. Then on January 30, 1649, King Charles was beheaded for treason. After his death, England was no longer a monarchy and became a commonwealth under Cromwell which would later become a military dictatorship. Several years later…

The idea of congress overthrowing and executing a great King doesn’t make much sense to me. How just the trial and how truthful was what was being said of him? These are the questions we have to ask if they were extreme in executing King Charles. Not many people if any could accuse King Charles of being an evil or corrupt man. King Charles set an example of moral uprightness and required that his court follow the same high principles and values that he lived by. The manner with which Charles led…

Marc Aronson is a historian, publisher, and award winning author. He is famously known for writing For Boys Only: The Biggest Baddest Book Ever, and The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American History, and most recently became the national spokesman for the History Channel. Marc Aronson is trying to prove that all societies had a form of racism, and each society changed as the racism changed. The Greek society had racism. The Greeks had this theory that your intelligence and athletic…

After the civil war in Britain, kings and parliament constantly cashed for a battle of power. England had always been a place of monarchial rule and everyone respected and followed whoever was in the throne. This was changed by the uprising of parliament’s power. Thus came English Revolutionaries, they believed in shared power derived from parliament while still under a monarch. Parliament began to win out against the king but still was controlled by the king, it began a new spark of modern…

Scholar W.E.B. DuBois once said, “When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books, you will be reading meanings” (Brainyquote). Learning was more than just reading numbers and books, it was about understanding them and being able to apply the knowledge that one gained from reading. As the co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people and first African American to earn his Ph.D. from…

After Oliver Cromwell’s death in 1658, Conservative Puritans backed King Charles II and a revised episcopal policy; however, because the Puritans were outsmarted by those who backed Laud’s strict policy, they entered a period known as the Great Persecution before…

The English Civil War was a major watershed in English history that has far-reaching influences in the country. The war broke out in 1642 between King Charles I and the Parliament, due to the fact that the king attempted to eliminate the Parliament which was trying to constrain on the king’s power. The war lasted for 6 years, resulted in the king’s death in 1649 and an 11-year long interregnum. The English Civil War had profoundly impacted England, predominantly in politics through the creation…

Politically, the role of the King and Parliament was in flux as the protectorate under Oliver Cromwell ended and the rule of Charles II began. Arguments over the distribution of power between the King and Parliament as well as the issue of religion continued to be a divisive force in government until the Glorious Revolution in the late 1680s would…

Venice, initially populated by traders and refugees of war, began on a long and arduous journey to one of the most prosperous cities in the Elizabethan period. One reason that Venice became such a robust city is the city’s use as a multicultural center of trade, that expanded over Venice’s vast sea empire.Venice also attracted zealous families and common workers looking to find solace in a new home. Unique location and topography, Venice was considered an architectural and political feat among…

Oliver Cromwell then took over until Charles II was old enough to rule (1560) III. Economic: I. All colonies developed cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and indigo. II. An early stage in the evolutionary and historical development of slavery was embraced mostly…