Cromwell

Restoration England- Restore the Stuart line after Cromwell

• Charles I has been executed. 
• Cromwell comes to power
• Charles II is exiled 
• Cromwell sought God's destiny for himself and his people
• As Cromwell was beginning to get on his feet, a misfortune occurred. 
• His vanities were stripped away and he became more religious. 
• Cromwell, sensing that God had a purpose for him, reformed his own life. 
• Cromwell wanted to take power from the Papacy. 
• Charles's execution was supposed to be a sacrifice
• The Levelers wanted to level the field for all classes of people. 
• They stood against Cromwell
• The Leveler men were held captive for their protests and treason
• Leveler women grouped together to help their husbands 
• The women wanted to be seen as regular people in society, and were very revolutionary. 
• Cromwell ordered the murder of Irish soldiers even after they had surrendered. 
• Cromwell thought Ireland as a pitiful colony and was "trying to pacify it."
• Charles II ran away after a battle until he could be smuggled out of the country. 
• When Cromwell returned to London, he was an English Caesar. 
• Cromwell made Great Britain a Republic. 
• Parliament and Cromwell were against each other, Cromwell accused Parliament of being unjust. 
• He called in the musketeers and Parliament was shut down
• Cromwell was striking out against the Commonwealth
• Power would have almost been given to Cromwell, but he refused, claiming that he was working for God. 
• England was being put back together by returning to its original ways. 
• The major generals were employed by Cromwell to shut down everything happening in his country. 
• Jews were given allowance to pray in peace, because Cromwell allowed it to be. 
• Cromwell was told that converting the Jews would lead to the Apocalypse, but he knew that it would only bring about religious change. 
•  September 3, 1658 Cromwell died while a storm was raging over his country. 
• It was said that the devil was coming for his soul. 
• Great Britain was left as a place where anyone could receive the Lord in his own way, without disturbing anyone else. 
• With the Lord Protector gone, it was realized that Cromwell needed a successor. 
• Charles II made himself the king.  
• 23 April 1661, Charles II was crowned king. 
• People were hanged, drawn, and quartered as a ritualistic form of torture. 
• January 30 1661, the remains of Cromwell were dragged out of his tomb and tortured
• The "Cromwellians" worried that the new ruling power would not be good for them.
• A comet appeared in the sky over England and the English thought it to be an omen.
• The next year thousands were killed by the plague and the bodies were piled into deep pits. 
• During the plague during the reign of Charles II 1 out of every 6 Londoners died. 
• Fires leaped up and engulfed many houses, possibly because of the overcrowded conditions of London.