Oliver cromwell achievements
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599, in Huntingdon, England. Cromwell studied law but did not graduate from Cambridge University. His parents were wealthy and influential in Huntingdon but in the seventeenth century the family´s fortunes declined. In 1620s he was getting involved in local politics, and after he began serving in London as one of Huntingdon's Members of Parliament. He died on September 3, 1659, in London.
He was elected to Short and Long Parliaments of 1640 and became known as a radical Puritan. In the Long Parliament he became associated with the opposition to King Charles. Cromwell's sincerity gained him a reputation in Parliament and as a soldier against leaders. After that he made a civil war against Charles where he established a new army model which made them able to defeat the royalist forces. Then after Charles´s execution England was declared a Republic and it made Oliver really influential in Parliament that they wanted him as king.
He refused to be a king but in the other hand he accepted to be the Lord Protector. After being the Lord Protector they renewed the title to Protector. He conquered Ireland and Scotland while being the Protector. He ruled during England’s only Republic and he was an effectively leader of the government from 1651 onwards. He had a troubled relationship with Parliament and, on April 20th 1653, he dismissed the Rump Parliament by armed force, setting up an assembly known as Barebones Parliament. For the remaining five years of his life he was still refusing all the efforts to make him king. Before 1801 Cromwell presided over a constitutionally and institutionally united Britain and Ireland, with a single parliament, a single Council of State and a commitment to the achievement of a single code of law and judicial practice. . Judges, in particular, were required to be diligent and fair. He changed the way judges were appointed, so that good and honest men filled these
Oliver Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599, in Huntingdon, England. Cromwell studied law but did not graduate from Cambridge University. His parents were wealthy and influential in Huntingdon but in the seventeenth century the family´s fortunes declined. In 1620s he was getting involved in local politics, and after he began serving in London as one of Huntingdon's Members of Parliament. He died on September 3, 1659, in London.
He was elected to Short and Long Parliaments of 1640 and became known as a radical Puritan. In the Long Parliament he became associated with the opposition to King Charles. Cromwell's sincerity gained him a reputation in Parliament and as a soldier against leaders. After that he made a civil war against Charles where he established a new army model which made them able to defeat the royalist forces. Then after Charles´s execution England was declared a Republic and it made Oliver really influential in Parliament that they wanted him as king.
He refused to be a king but in the other hand he accepted to be the Lord Protector. After being the Lord Protector they renewed the title to Protector. He conquered Ireland and Scotland while being the Protector. He ruled during England’s only Republic and he was an effectively leader of the government from 1651 onwards. He had a troubled relationship with Parliament and, on April 20th 1653, he dismissed the Rump Parliament by armed force, setting up an assembly known as Barebones Parliament. For the remaining five years of his life he was still refusing all the efforts to make him king. Before 1801 Cromwell presided over a constitutionally and institutionally united Britain and Ireland, with a single parliament, a single Council of State and a commitment to the achievement of a single code of law and judicial practice. . Judges, in particular, were required to be diligent and fair. He changed the way judges were appointed, so that good and honest men filled these