Charles I; Civil War; Oliver Cromwell; The Commonwealt Liza Langa

Charles I  Monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland until 1649  Second son of King James VI of Scotland  Married Bourbon princess Henrietta Maria of France  Quarrelled with the Parliament of England  Puritans and Calvinists thought his views were too Catholic  Fought the armies of the English and Scottish parliaments from1642  Defeated in 1645  Executed in January 1649

Civil War   Conflicts between Parliamentarians and Royalists  3 wars  1st&2nd: Charles I against the Long Parliament  3rd: Charles II against the Rump Parliament  Ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester (3. September 1651)

Oliver Cromwell  Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland  Member of the Long Parliament and the Rump Parliament  Entered the Civil War as a Parliamentarian  Became one of the main commanders of the New Model Army  Signed Charles I’s death warrant in 1649  Against Roman Catholics, confiscated a big part of their lands  Died in 1658

The Commonwealth  1649  England, later also included Ireland and Scotland  Ruled as a republic  3rd English Civil War  Oliver Cromwell  Richard Cromwell  1659 – Protectorate Parliament dissolved and the Rump Parliament recalled  Restoration of the monarchy

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