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    Cromwell Valley Park

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    Cromwell Valley Park is a quite large park just a little North East of Towson. It spans all the way from Cromwell Bridge Road to Loch Raven Reservoir. The landscape of the park is constantly hilly‚ never really reaching a constant flat point. There is one road that goes through the park‚ with both entry points at different locations of Cromwell Bridge Road. The road that enters from Cromwell Bridge closest to the hiking trails‚ is lined with large trees on both side for visitors to drive between

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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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    baiting. Not only were there objections about the bawdy nature of some of the plays‚ the rise in crime but there was also the real risk of the crowded theatres encouraging the spread of the plague. The reputation of actors was remained disreputable‚ a legacy from the rogues and vagabonds who had previously roamed the country putting on plays and their classification as “vagabonds and sturdy beggars‚” in a 1572 act of Parliament. In December 1574 the Common Council of London‚ under the influences of puritanical

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    favoured Catholics‚ turning what was a political conflict into a religious one‚ which in turn provided parliamentary troops an added fervour in the field. However‚ the real damage to the royalist cause had been done far before the first battle. The legacy of Charles‚ the fear of a return to personal rule mobilised people into battle. However‚ it is unfair to suggest that Charles was fully responsible for all royalist failures. Despite having poorer resources to begin with‚ the royalists seemed to

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    Legacies

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    Legacies and Differences of Cultural Change There were many Legacies that are still in existence today‚ because the early encounters with Native Americans and Africans‚ this civilization is still in existence. The encounters caused the Native Americans to adopt and integrate their traditions‚ cultures and societies and tribes of cultures and were integrated with the way of life of many cultures. Architecture‚ food and music were all resonates of legacies from the early encounters. The legacies

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    supported the king. Supporters of Parliament included Puritans‚ who were led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell eventually became commander-in-chief of Parliament’s army. A number of battles took place between the king’s troops and Cromwell’s army‚ some of which are shown on the map below. The first battle‚ which took place at Edgehill‚ did not gain ground for either side. After a series of victories‚ however‚ Cromwell and Parliament took control of London and‚ eventually‚ England. In 1649 Charles I was

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    acceptable settlement predominantly due the power vacuum which was left by the King when he was executed. This wasn’t helped by the lack of legitimacy of the regicide where only 59 MP’s signed Charles’ death warrant. However one could argue that Oliver Cromwell‚ Parliament and The New Model Army’s want and desire for more power also led to the failure to find an acceptable settlement. After Charles was executed several political problems arose because there was no direction of settlement due to the degree

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    In 1642 Charles was aided by his nephew Prince Rupert‚ which is one of the reasons why King Charles lost the battle of Marston Moor. The biggest battle was the battle of Marston Moor‚ one of the main reasons why the parliament won is that Oliver Cromwell the commander of the parliament forces‚ commanded 2500 men to attack from East Anglia. In this battle only 300 men from parliament’s side were killed‚ while from the Royalist’s side 4000 men were killed and 1500 were taken prisoners. The victory

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    Glorious Revolution‚ the role of Parliament in English Politics underwent considerable changes‚ such as being disregarded by the king of "divine right‚" James I and his son Charles I‚ then completely dissolved under the military dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell‚ and finally restored after James II was forced to abdicate his throne and William of Orange assumed his place. Throughout these different stages‚ Parliament’s power and control over English politics varied greatly depending upon the ruler in power

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    had the chance to make your case. This lesson was learned by the King’s closest advisor‚ Thomas Cromwell in the early half of the 16th century. “Class was everything at the court of Henry VIII. You were born into greatness. You did not work your way up.” English society has always been notoriously classist‚ and this was especially true during the time of the Tudor throne. Despite the odds however‚ Cromwell managed to quickly rise through the ranks of English society. He worked his way through the English

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