Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell=Lord Protector

• Cromwell knew that he had to take down the king with no experience
• He became the driving force of the Godly revolution
• Doing away with the monarch was not the same thing as doing away with the monarchy
• Cromwell didn't want the Stuart dynasty
• Cromwell told the people to govern themselves, but didn't mean it literally
• A petitioning campaign, led by women, to release the prisoners that had been imprisoned for rebelling against Cromwell
• Cromwell did not expect the resistance
• Cromwell found and killed resistors, and went to get his degree in law
• He sent his troops to vent their frustrations by killing people in Ireland, who he said were the Antichrist
• Battle of Worcester
• Cromwell knew that the country was exhausted from over 15 years of war
• April 20, 1653- Cromwell came down to Westminster with a troop of Musketeers
• Began to berate the members of parliament  for their indifference to justice
• Parliament was shut down by the Musketeers
• Cromwell could have seized power, but he instead handpicked men for their piety
• He chose to become Lord Protector, and was king in all but name
• Locked up sinners and cancelled Christmas
• Jews were able to live and worship openly in part of the city
• Cromwell didn't think that he was worthy, and believed that he served God, which is what kept him from being a dictator
• September 3, 1658- Cromwell died