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    Was Oliver Cromwell a hero or a villain? I think Oliver Cromwell was a hero. He was good – hearted and ambitious, and he wanted England to be at it’s best with no corruption and unfair methods. He thought Charles was not doing the right thing, so he worked hard and got him executed. Oliver Cromwell was a Member of Parliament (MP) and was against king Charles and his ways, so he worked hard and got the king executed. After that, he got offered the post of king, but he refused it, but was

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    Oliver Cromwell was an Englishman who lived during the English Civil War. He was born on April 25, 1599 in Huntingdon, England. On September 3, 1658, Oliver died at the age of 59 in Palace of Whitehall, London. His cause of death was malaria. Cromwell was one of the most famous figures in English history. When the English Civil War broke out in 1642, Oliver was a middle aged father with 5 children. He had no military training. Cromwell became a military and political leader. He later became the Lord

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    stops being better stops being good,”said Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell was the Lord protector of England,Scotland,and Ireland. He was born on April 25,1599 in Huntingdonshire,England and died September 3,1658 in London,England. His accomplishments were carried out in the English Civil Wars and his time in multiple Parliaments. Cromwell was born into a monarchy and died after the fall of the Stuart monarchy. Youth Oliver is the son of Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward. His father worked in

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    Oliver Cromwell was a well known military dictator. He helped the Parliamentarians win the First Civil War and was named Lord Protector. He died in 1658 but many people still remember him as one of the best leaders in history although others believe he was a harsh tyrant and always wanted too much power for himself. Throughout the years, numerous historians have changed their views on whether he was a good leader or not. This work will look at three interpretations from different people on who Cromwell

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    Oliver Cromwell was a soldier and statesman born in Huntingdon, England in 1599. He led pro-parliament soldiers during the English Civil War, and made himself “Lord Protector” of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 until his death in 1658. His period of rule was highly controversial and sandwiched in-between Charles I and Charles II’s reign. However, he still managed to leave his mark in his way of gaining power, maintaining power, and his accomplishments and legacy. In my work, The Prince,

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    Oliver Cromwell was born in 25 April 1599. Cromwell Died on 3 September 1658. He rose from fairly humble beginnings to become the most victorious military and political leader of the Civil Wars, who was part of the joint republican, military and parliamentarian effort that caused the downfall of the Stuart monarchy as a result of the English Civil War, and was consequently invited by his associate leaders to assume a head of state role in 1653. As such, Cromwell ruled as "Lord Protector" for a five-year

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    THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS WINDS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FROM CHARLES I TO OLIVER CROMWELL The Restoration, a period of constantly changing ideals, shows how the change in government from Charles I to Oliver Cromwell affected the people of that time, shows the Child of Hope, shows the shift in winds of religion, compares and contrasts Absolutism and Constitutionalism, shows how the influence of the English people on the world, and shows a new era being heralded in without which we would not

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    Oliver Cromwell, born April 25, 1599. He was the Lord Protector for England, Ireland and Scotland, also being a military and political leader in earlier stages for England. Oliver was one of ten children. Having seven sisters and two brothers, Oliver was the only son to survive past infancy. Oliver, along with his other siblings were all born in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. While in a local school as a young boy it was said that he was more or so drawn to being a Puritan by most of his teachers

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    Oliver Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599 in a place called Huntingdon. His parents were Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Cromwell. They had ten children and Oliver Cromwell was the fifth child and also the only boy to survive infancy. Oliver Cromwell was a political and English military leader who then became the Lord Protector of the commonwealth of England, Ireland, and Scotland. For almost all his life, Cromwell was a commoner. He didn’t have royal blood and had no chance of ever inheriting the

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    Oliver Cromwell Influence

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    Oliver Cromwell was born in 25 April 1599 in a town in England called Huntington. He went to school at Huntington Grammar School then went to Sydney Sussex Collage at Cambridge. He studied law at Cambridge and then went to London and became the MP for Huntington in 1628 and MP for Cambridge in 1640. In 1630’s Oliver Cromwell became Puritan due to a religious crisis and started to become a Radical Puritan when he elected to represent Cambridge, first in the Short parliament, then in the Long parliament

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